Talk:Warming up

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

well 3 stage of warm up is i don't konw == ]]Yeah, yeah, the benefits of warming up are very nice- but what is it? Alister Namarra 07:12, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Static Stretches 2 Other meanings 3 Joint loosening 4 Not Necessary

[edit] Static Stretches

UK athletics currently recommend that static stretches shoudl never be used as part of a warm up. This is because the muscles are too cold and hence more prone to damage at this point. Also, usually an athlete has performed some gentle exercise to increase heart rate before this. If the athlete then stops to perform static stretches only then to proceed into intense exercise, the heart rate would have decreased significantly.

[edit] Other meanings

Warming up also refers to preparatory actions before singing, playing the piano, etc. Maybe this should be mentioned? Just my two cents. Keppa 00:15, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Keppa. I was in search of knowledge on such warm ups. - Guest —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.140.116.160 (talk) 22:59, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Joint loosening

I've always been given to understand that before any cardiovascular exercises are undertaken the joints should first be mobilised - ie, rotation of ball-and-socket joints, flexion/extension exercises for hinge joints etc - to warm up the synovial fluid and loosen the ligaments before you start to jerk the bones around in their joints. If some official source can be found - I don't have time to look and wouldn't know where to start if I did - that should probably be mentioned.

Syneil (08:44 GMT+1 16-11-2006)

[edit] Not Necessary

After hearing and reading articles saying that warming up was of dubious value, I asked my doctor his opinion. He said he believes there is little to no value in warming up but that stretching and other "cooling down" excercises are vital. Maybe some more research needs to be done on this article with links. --Billywhack 07:52, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I very much agree, more references are required as there is real disagreement on how much warm up should be done and on whether stretches should be done. The thing I heard was that warm up showed little or no benefit for young people but that for older people it was necessary - but I can't find any reference like that now. Same goes for cooling down. In social dancing some type events end with a fast dance whereas others end with a slow dance - what or how much difference does ending slowly make, should they end with something that has stretching movements, and is there any research evidence? Dmcq (talk) 09:26, 24 February 2008 (UTC)