- The Greeks would dedicate time to warm up before athletic competitions or Olympic trials. - This warm up period was used by sculptors to analyze athletes' figures and movements for inspiration in their works. - The purpose of warm ups can be estimated differently for each sport depending on its objectives and the particularities of movements during practice or physical education classes. - Warm ups before any physical education or sports training class have their basis in circulatory processes, temperature regulation, and creating conditions for gas exchange and real respiration at the cellular level while also guaranteeing the elimination of non-assimilable or harmful products from the organism.