Warm-ups And Stretches - Safety Precautions Before Any Physical Activities

Warm-ups And Stretches - Safety Precautions Before Any Physical Activities

People tend to attribute more importance to the actual fitness routine they embark on and pay less attention to the warm-ups that take place before they exercise. In actual fact, warm-ups are just as important. There are safety reasons why an individual should do warm-ups.

Warm-ups are done to stretch your muscles and lubricate your joints. In doing this it is made possible to avoid injury and also discomfort and muscle soreness. However, if you over do your exercise routine you can still become sore the morning after. However, doing warm-ups are not a guarantee that you will be free from discomfort. It helps in reducing the chances of sprains while helping your body adjust to the demands from your exercise.

As you exercise your internal temperature will rise. Warm ups allow your body temperature to increase slowly as raising your temperature too quickly will make you giddy and you might lose consciousness. To ensure that you have a complete workout, it is important to get your muscles warmed up.

Warm-ups are done to ease your body into the exercise routine. Thus, you are warming up your body. This is very similar to cooking in an oven. Using the analogy of warming up the oven before baking a cake, the same mindset applies to workouts: Warm up your muscles before working out. By raising your body temperature slowly, it allows an opportunity for muscles to expand and there is an increase in blood flow to muscles, reducing discomfort the next day.

Warm-ups help to up your metabolic rate and your heart rate, while benefiting your respiratory system's ability. In doing this your body is able to better adjust to the workout you are preparing for. Your joints will also become well lubricated to avoid possible injury during a vigorous exercise routine.

It really is not important the individual sport or reason for your exercising, it is important for all activities to maintain proper care of your muscles, joints and cardiovascular system. This way, you can be sure that you will hit your peak performance with less risk of injury or sprains.

Warm-ups should not be done at a fast rate. They are done in order to slowly prepare your body for a more vigorous workout. A session lasting approximately 15 minutes is adequate. Begin with some stretches of the muscles that you will be using. If you intend on running, you should start of by walking and then change to a jog and finally begin your running. Slowly ease yourself into the harder workout.

Should you be playing a sport with the aim of burning calories, you can choose to do the same activity as a warm-up, only at a much lower pace.

For example, when playing tennis you know you be swinging your arms quickly while you are running. A warm-up activity for such exercises can include stretches for your limbs, back and shoulders.

It is a good idea to walk and swing your arms as if you are playing the game. This will help to lubricate the joints in your shoulders and prevent unnecessary injuries to yourself. By doing this, you will see that your flexibility has improved and the range of actions is wider.