Types of warm up

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What Warmup is ????
• Warming up is a preparation for physical
exertion or a performance by exercising or
practicing gently beforehand, usually undertaken
before a performance or practice.
• It is a primarily preparatory activity in which
through physiological and psychological
preparation, a player/athlete adjusts himself for
the fulfillment of main activity.

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Types of Warming Up
General Warming Up
Specific Warming Up

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General Warming up
• The warming up period will last 5-10 minutes; or
as long as you think until you are ready.
• In this, athlete/player goes through a series of
physical movements of general nature for the
whole body.
• Such as :- Jogging, Striding, Stretching,
Calisthenics.

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Specific Warmup
• In this, athletes go through such movements which are
to be performed later on in the main activity or
competition.
• Such as :-
1. Sprinter may go through short distance run
2. Volleyball player may prepare his joints for main activity

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What happens in our body ?
• When we start to exercise, our
cardio respiratory and
neuromuscular system and
metabolic energy pathways are
stimulated.
• Muscle contract, and to meet
their increasing demands of
oxygen, our heart rate, blood
flow and breathing rate increase.

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• Blood moves faster through
our arteries and veins and is
slowly routed to working
muscles.
• Our body temperature rises
and oxygen is released more
quickly raising the
temperature of the muscles.

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• This allows the muscle to
use glucose and fatty acids
to burn calories and create
energy for the exercises.
• All of these process
prepare the body for higher
intensity action.

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