THE WARM

UP

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What is Warming-up?Warming up is a set of sequencial and

progressive exercises, involving all the muscles and joints with the goal of preparing the body for exercise, so the body can perform adequately and avoid injury.

Benefits of the warm up:If you do a good warm up, you can get:          

1) Protection against injuries2) Better performance

And also:                               

-You increase your body temperature.       -Your joints move more efficiently-Oxygen in blood travels faster.-Your muscles extend more and are more elastic-Muscles move faster and with more strength-You react faster

A WARM – UP HAS 2 PARTS:GENERAL - Physical activities with your main

muscles

SPECIFIC - Exercises directly related to the next activity that we will do. For example, in a basketball warm-up we practice bouncing, shooting, different movements, games, drills…

WARM UP GENERAL

Starting up: jogging, walking, soft running, … etc.

Joint movements: Free pendulum like motion movements and some circles around your joints

Streching of your main groups (upper limbs, lower limbs and trunk)

JOINT MOVEMENTS AND PRINCIAL BONES

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STHRECHING – PRINCIPAL MUSCLES

STRECHING