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Warm Up Warming up is very important part of exercise. We need to do this to gradually raise the body's temperature and heart rate. This improves the exchanging of oxygen from haemoglobin, warms up the muscles, warms and loosens joints. The whole point of warming up is to prepare you for the main activity. The three main reasons for warming up are: * To prevent injury, when more blood is running through the body you are less likely to get injured. * To improve performance, like stretching for more flexibility. * To prepare psychologically for the event, like mobility work. Cardiovascular means working of the heart and blood vessels. This is the first part of the warm up and basically we get the heart working harder than normal (raising heart rate) to get blood pumping around the body and prepare for the next phase of the warm up. We can do this in various ways,...

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