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  2. Warming up - Wikipedia

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    Players of Legends Football League do a warm-up exercise, US 'Warming up' is a part of stretching and preparation for physical exertion or a performance by exercising or practicing gently beforehand, usually undertaken before a performance or practice. Athletes, singers, actors and others warm up before stressing their muscles.

  3. Sports periodization - Wikipedia

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    The roots of periodization come from Hans Selye's model, known as the General adaptation syndrome (GAS). The GAS describes three basic stages of response to stress: (a) the Alarm stage, involving the initial shock of the stimulus on the system, (b) the Resistance stage, involving the adaptation to the stimulus by the system, and (c) the Exhaustion stage, in that repairs are inadequate, and a ...

  4. Cooling down - Wikipedia

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    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 pain. [7]

  5. High-intensity interval training - Wikipedia

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    This was intended as a gentler option for sedentary people who had done no exercise for over a year. It included 3 minutes of warm-up, 10 repetitions of 60-second bursts at 60% peak power (80–95% of heart rate reserve) each followed by 60 seconds of recovery, and then a 5-minute cool-down. [19]

  6. Plyometrics - Wikipedia

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    An example is long-distance running in which the runners execute repeat actions of 20 to 30 consecutive jumps and other cyclic-type activities such as leaping for multiple repetitions. [ 15 ] Such plyometric jumps are also used as a warm-up for doing explosive plyometric jumps and for initial preparation of the muscles prior to undertaking ...

  7. Glossary of gymnastics terms - Wikipedia

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    Warm-up The period and techniques that aim to warm up the gymnast's muscles to prevent injuring themselves while stretching or training. Waterfall Go in to a handstand then tuck your chin and arch your back Wolf turn Turn in a tuck stand on one leg - free leg optional. Performed on the balance beam or floor exercise. Execution of the wolf turn

  8. Exercise physiology - Wikipedia

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    The basis of Exercise Physiology as a major is to prepare students for a career in the field of health sciences. A program that focuses on the scientific study of the physiological processes involved in physical or motor activity, including sensorimotor interactions, response mechanisms, and the effects of injury, disease, and disability.

  9. List of athletics events - Wikipedia

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    The sport of athletics is defined by the many events which make up its competition programmes. All events within the sport are forms of running, walking, jumping or throwing. These events are divided into the sub-sports of track and field, road running, racewalking and cross country running.