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Proper Warm Up Leads To A Much More Effective Workout
Author : Al Stevens
When many people begin their workout they start out by stretching. They consider that their warm up, but stretching and a proper warm up are two very different things with different purposes.
When a person is warming up for his or her workout that is literally what you want to start the body doing, warming up. With a blood flow increase your body temperature actually does increase slightly as you start to warm up. More oxygen and nutrients will get to your muscles, ligaments and tendons as the blood flow increases.
As the blood flow increases the muscles, tendons and ligaments all gain flexibility. As an example, recall a time you were sitting in the same position for a while and then you stood up and moved stiffly. Yet after walking a bit your movements start to become more fluid. It is the same principle when you are warming up for your work out.
You feel better as you warm up and your metabolism increases. Metabolism is simply increasing the energy flowing in the body. This prepares your body for more vigorous exercise and it also prevents injury.
Warming up before your workout is usually thought of, incorrectly, as stretching. Most people do static stretching. That's where you stretch a muscle or muscle group to the point of slight discomfort and hold it for 15-20 seconds. Bouncing repetitively to stretch the muscle is called ballistic stretching. The ballistic method is actually harmful and can cause injury rather than prevent it. Avoid it.
Neither one of these stretching methods increases the blood flow, and they do nothing to help you warm up for an effective workout.
The proper type of warm up is a lesser gradient of what you are going to do in your workout. For example, if you were going to be doing wind sprints you would want to jog for a short while. If you were going to jog you would want to walk for a short while first, etc. A simpler gradient of activity will increase the blood flow to the muscles, ligaments and tendons. In that way you are setting yourself up for a much more effective workout. That is how you burn belly fat and gain strength.
Static stretching is valuable but not as a warm up, instead it should be done after your workout.
At the end of your workout is when you should do static stretching. Once your muscles are already warm, static stretching can challenge them in a new way. Regular stretching will improve your flexibility over time.
That added flexibility will serve you well in your workouts and in your everyday life.
The moral of the story is this: To improve flexibility, stretch after exercising. To prevent injuries, warm up before exercising.
Follow this recipe and your workouts will be more effective and fun, and you are far more likely to achieve your desired result.
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Submitted : 2010-03-18 Word Count : 1 Popularity: 65 Times Viewed: 10
