A warm up is a series of exercises you do before physical activity.
For example, before playing an intense sport you can run slowly to warm your muscles and your heart. Warm ups must prepare the muscles for the activity. There are very different warm ups, (high intensity, low intensity, for basketball, for tennis...) So, the warm-up volleyball players do is different from the one footballers do. Warm ups are specific to the sport or activity you practice.
If you do a good warm up, you can get: 1) Protection against injuries 2) 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
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1. Movements of your joints. This is the first part, and it must have a low intensity. We move our arms in circles forwards and backwards, we draw circles with our hips...
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2. A small run. This is to warm up your heart and lungs, and also the muscles.
3. Exercises similar to the sport you are going
to play and or a game.
In this part, you warm up the muscles you use in the sport or activity. This part must be progressive in intensity. It must start slow and increase the intensity. It must end at a intensity similar to the sport you are going to practice. 4. Stretching of the main muscles.
This makes the muscles more flexible, prevents injuries and also helps the muscles to develop more power.
1. Complete the following sentences:
A Warm up is a series of __________ you do before Physical _____________. Warm ups are specific to the ________ you practice. For example, before playing an ___________ sport you can see people jogging to warm ___________ and increase heart rate.
2. Say if these benefits of the warm up are TRUE (T) or FALSE (F):
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) Protection against bacteria ) Protection against injuries ) I can sing better ) I can run faster ) I can have more power
1. Movements of your _______ . This is the first part, and it must have a low _________. We move our arms in circles forwards and backwards, we draw circles with our hips... 2. A small ______. This is to _______ ___ your heart and lungs, and also the muscles. 3. Exercises similar to the ______ you are going to play and or a game. With it, you warm up the muscles you are going to use. This part must be progressive in intensity
4. Stretching of the main _______. This improves the ________ of the muscles, prevents injuries but also helps the muscles to develop more _________.
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