3 Warm-up tips that prevent injuries!
Warming up significantly reduces your chances of injury, period!
Are you a runner, cyclist or football player? Do you practice your favorite sport at a professional, competitive or recreational level? You always want to avoid aches, discomfort or worse, a muscle strain or even a tear that throws a spanner in the works and forces you to watch from the sidelines for a few days or weeks!
The big advantage when you warm up your body before a workout is that your heart rate increases. An increased heart rate will pump your blood faster in your body, this acceleration ensures more transport of energy, which, among other things, your muscles become warmer and therefore more flexible. Depending on the type of sport, local activation of certain body parts or muscle groups is indicated. In addition to exercises, this can be supported with aids such as a warm muscle gel.
3 Simple Tips to Start Strong!
1. Don't stretch, move!
With a warm-up you want to prepare your body for an effort. The most appropriate preparation is the so-called “dynamic warm-up”. Depending on the type of sport, you can work specifically.
> overview of different exercises: https://barbend.com/best-dynamic-warm-up-exercises/
2. Keep it short.
A warm-up is often skipped, because you want to start as quickly as possible. Spend no more than 10 minutes before starting your workout. Build up the intensity gradually with 5 exercises.
For example, if you're going for a run, start with a walk and gradually increase the pace.
3. Extra attention to (heavily) stressed muscle groups…
Every athlete loads his body and therefore different muscle groups in a different way. Give extra attention and support to these muscle groups by, for example, applying a warming gel or cream. Your muscles and tendons will remain locally warmed for longer and more intensively, which will improve your sporting performance!
