Fitness Training - The Importance of Correct Warming Up

All types of physical practice, in fitness or anyto skip the first stage and do just specific
other sport, must begin with correct warming up.warming up, which is considered more
This activity, together with relaxation and theimportant.This is a big mistake, because this type
main stage, are the three essential parts of theof exercises does not rise the body temperature
training.The types of warming up can vary a lot inas much as the ones involving minimum aerobic
length, intensity and structure of exercises,effort. The result is that the body will be much
according to the sport or the training you want tomore rigid and a lot less prepared for the main
start. Although there are many kinds of warmingpart of the training. There are cases, especially in
up, all of them have in common two distinctsport games, when both stages of warming up
stages.The first stage concerns general warmingare abandoned. Kicking the ball or passing a few
up, whose purpose is to gradually prepare thetimes are supposed to replace a thorough, but
whole body for the effort which will follow. Theboring warming up.Not doing the warming up
body temperature also increases. At this stage,correctly or, worse, not doing it at all increases
the inertia of the body is easily removed throughthe risk of having accidents during training or
aerobic exercises (running, cycling, jump rope,competing. Possible accidents range from simple
etc.). This stage should not take more than 5-10ones, like pulling a muscle or cramps, to some
minutes; otherwise it will change into a real aerobicreally bad ones (ruptured muscles, hernia, sprains,
training. It is well known that during aerobic effortdislocations, etc.). Even if, luckily, such accidents do
the body consumes a lot of glycogen, so,not happen, the body will experience a dramatic
especially before force training (anaerobic), theredecrease of efficiency in performing the
is the risk of running out of energy.The secondexercises.It is very important for beginners to do
stage of warming up is specific to each sport.the warming up. If they do not ignore it when
This stage aims to warm up the main musclesthey take up sport, they will form a habit of
and joints involved in the effort, but also towarming up and will, hopefully, keep this habit as
anticipate, by simulation, some movements fromlong as they do sport. They must not assume the
the main part of the training. This stage can befalse idea that, being beginners, they shouldn't
longer than the first one and includes differentexercise so intensely.All these problems are traps
types of gymnastics for the joints, jumping,that correct warming up can definitely avoid.Gaby
exercises at greater speed, stretching, etc.Munteanu is a fitness trainer, with over 15 years
However, this stage shouldn't be very long either,experience, and editor at - Health, Fitness, Body
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