What Is The Best Warm-Up And Stretch?
Warm-up techniques are mainly used to increase body temperature and are classified into 3 main categories: Passive, General, and Specific. • Passive warm-up: increase in temperature by external means. This can be done with gels, packs, heating pads, saunas, etc. • General warm-up: increase in temperature by nonspecific body movements. Swinging of your arms, bringing knees to your chest, jumping jacks, etc. • Specific warm-up: increase in temperature using similar body parts that will be used in the subsequent, more strenuous movements. Out of these three, the best appears to be the specific warm-up because this method provides a rehearsal for the activity or event. This is why a few light sets of the exercise should be performed prior to each activity. Weight lifters have been utilizing this method for years. Throw in a few warm up sets of the lift you are doing prior to the exercise. One problem that leads to injuries with this is when lifters believe that doing a few warm ups of a sp
