Give a detailed description of a personal warm up and cool for your chosen activity.
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Darren Cooper Give a detailed description of a personal warm up and cool for your chosen activity. Warm Up Introduction There is no doubt that time spent on warming up and cooling down will improve an athlete's level of performance and accelerate the recovery process needed before training or competing again. As a result the coach must encourage the athlete to regard the warm up and cool down as an essential part of both the training session and competition itself. Links to various pages are provided to help you compile your own warm up and cool down routines. Warm Up Muscle stiffness, is thought to be directly related to muscle injury and therefore the warm up should be aimed at reducing muscle stiffness. Warming up should at least consist of the following: * 5 to 10 minutes jogging - to increase body temperature * 10 to 15 minutes dynamic stretching exercises - reduce muscle stiffness * 10...


