This document discusses the importance of warming up before exercise or sports. It notes that a warm-up increases heart rate and flexibility, relaxing muscles and reducing injury risk. A proper warm-up includes joint mobility exercises, activation exercises involving the whole body, and light sport-specific drills. Joint mobility involves moving ankles, knees, hips, shoulders, elbows, wrists and neck. Activation includes running, skipping, leg raises and sprints. A sample warm-up game is described where players try to tag each other with a basketball.

1. María José Tapia
3ºB

2. WHAT´S THE WARM UP?
 You should do the warm up before
practicing any sport or exercise. A warm-
up generally consists of increase in
intensity in physical activity, a joint
mobility exercise, stretching, and a sport
related activity.

3. BENEFITS
 Relaxes the muscles.
 Increases heart rate.
 Speeds up nerve impulses, improving reflexes.
 Sends oxygen to the blood.
 Increases flexibility and joint mobility, reducing the risk of
injury.

4. PARTS
A. Joint Movility
B. Activation

5. Joint movility
 A joint is where two bones come together. The joints hold
the bones together and allow for movement of the
skeleton.
 In the warm up, you have to move your:
- Ankles
- Knees
- Hips
- Shoulders
- Elbows
- Wrists
- Neck

6. Activation
 It consists in exercises and which involve the whole body. It finds the
general stimulation of the body with exercises that entail a moderate
or mild and manifest as many muscle groups.
 Parts of activation running:
- Heidi with arms
- Backwards
- Sidewards
- Jump after three steps
- Skipping
- Crossing legs
- Touching the ass with the soles of shoes
- Raise your knees to your chest
- Sprint

7. Game for warm up
 One person has to get a basketball ball, bouncing it, and
trying to touch another player. The person who is
touched, has to go and take the ball. You can´t throw the
ball to touch another person, you have to touch him or her
with your free hand. Students who are touched have to
move in chains.