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2. What Personal Trainers Want You to Know About Warm-Up Exercises

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   Static warm-up exercises Static warm-ups are holding stretches that improve and maintain flexibility, which keeps you from throwing your back out or pulling a muscle mid-workout. Here are a few to ...

3. 22 cool-down stretches that will help prevent soreness after ...

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   Best cool-down exercises. When warming up before a workout, we focus on dynamic, or moving, stretches. But when your workout is complete, holding static stretches is the best way to release ...

4. Trainers Created The Most Effective 5-Minute Warm-Up For ...

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   A good warm-up can also help you ward off injuries, especially if you’re doing dynamic movements that mimic what you’ll be doing during your workout, adds Sariya. “For women especially ...

5. Strength training - Wikipedia

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   A warm-up may include cardiovascular activity such as light stationary biking (a "pulse raiser"), flexibility and joint mobility exercises, static and/or dynamic stretching, "passive warm up" such as applying heat pads or taking a hot shower, and workout-specific warm up, [8] such as rehearsal of the intended exercise with no weights or light ...

6. Warming up - Wikipedia

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   A warm-up generally consists of a gradual increase in intensity in physical activity (a "pulse raiser"), joint mobility exercise, and stretching, followed by the activity. For example, before running or playing an intensive sport, athletes might slowly jog to warm their muscles and increase their heart rate.

7. Cooling down - Wikipedia

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   Static stretching. Static stretching is the appropriate form of stretching to aid in the cooling down procedure. It aids in decreasing the body's temperature, removing lactic acid from the muscles and increasing flexibility. [5] Each stretch should be held for a minimum of 10–20 seconds and stretched to the point of mild discomfort but not ...