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Description of personal warm up.
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Description of personal warm up The general effects of warm ups: * Exposes not only muscles but joints and connective tissues to controlled stretching loads. * Decreases muscular tension. * Improved flexibility increases production of synovial fluid and increased efficiency of joint movement. * It increases the body and muscle temperature, which in turn increase muscle elasticity. * Stretching decreases the OBLA due to the onset of anaerobic work without which in turn limits the Delayed Onset of Muscle Soreness (DOMS). * Stretching decreases muscle cramp and increases full ROM in activities to follow and increases relaxation of stretched muscle. * Helps you psychologically prepare. * Increase in the rate that energy is released in the body (metabolic rate) There are 3 main parts to a warm up; I have identified these as: 1. Pulse raiser 2. Stretching 3. Skill specific exercise I break my warm up down into a simple word; FITT F= Frequency I=Intensity T=time/duration T=Type of activity General warm up Specific warm up F Before every work out/practice F Before every...
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