Read…Part 2
The purpose of the quick Warm up – As an athlete I have seen warm ups grow from not doing much at all, to warm ups that last more than an hour. I have come to realize that sometimes athletes can waste a lot of time warming up when it is not needed. Remember the purpose of any warm up is to get your muscles warm and ready to perform whatever activity you are about to do.
Purpose of the quick warm up
1.) Hot days
- Muscles are already warm before activity
- Not much warming is really needed
- Do only what is needed to be able to compete
2.) Sweating Hard and feeling you body and muscles are ready to go
- Once you are at this point your body is ready to go
- Doing too much after this is wasting energy
3.) Not a very intense workout on that day
- People warm up a lot because they have a fear of injury
- Less intensity= less chance of injury
- Why warm up for the same amount of time as an intense day?
It might be weird at first to spend a bit less time warming up as it was for me at first but when I started to see how much time I saved it was well worth it. Athletes are infamous for complaining about being busy; well here is a great way to save sometime. Only do what is needed to make your body feel good on that day. If a longer workout is needed because you feel crappy than take the longer warm up.
