Usually, when we go to a guitar store to try out guitars and buy them, we tend to gravitate to playing the things we know the best. These are the things that we can play in our sleep, backwards, forwards, etc. These are also the first things we play when we pick up a guitar in general.

The Scientific Warm Up takes this idea a bit farther. Doing it can help get a lot more ability into our playing, and it doesn't really require too much effort. All it requires is an order of which we approach things. I'll give you an example.

Currently, I am geeking out on Dorian Flat Second scales. I want to have them at my disposal when the pressure is on, like when I am improvising. So therefore, the very first thing I will do is play the Dorian Flat Second scale to warm up. By forcing myself to do this first in a practice session, I am warming up while allowing my fingers to get used to the way the scale feels. I am coming to the guitar by doing this scale first. This is important. I'll wait to play the stuff I know well for later.

Once I am warmed up, I'll move on to something else. The end result of ordering around what we practice is a rapid collection system of things that can be used under pressure. I think this can apply to just about anything you are working on as well. Strumming, chords, fingerpicking, anything.