Warming up.

When someone begins moving in any way that raises his heart rate, some changes begins to take place in his body. The respiratory rate of the Body increases. Blood flow throughout your body gets increased which mean that the levels of nutrients and oxygen that are delivered to the cells of the Body are also increased.

Once someone is at this point, he is ready to move onto dynamic stretching. This, he must remember involves slowly and steadily performing the similar kinds of movements that he would be making in his workout, and thereby gradually increasing the speed. As specific muscles, joints and tendons follow the movement patterns they result in the completion later on, they become quite used to these movement, and are less likely to wear-and-tear when the movements are made at higher speeds than the previous ones. This stage tries to acts as a cue for the nervous system of the body to initiate the precise neuromuscular connections it will need for these movement patterns.

Last but not the least, the two-stage warm-up helps a person to prepare himself mentally for the future workout. Regardless of the workout, the person is assumed to do it better each time, and enjoy it more than before, if he is able to bring his full focus into it. By taking the time to warm up before starts exercising he must be giving himself the mental space to switch his focus to where you need it to be.

When fitness experts speak about the benefits of having a warm-up, they mean engaging in some kind of general activity that would steadily raises the heart rate of the Body. In fact, a good warm-up should involve more than just a warm-up. The second, less commonly described aspect is the need for dynamic stretching.

The general part of the warm-up can be ascertained in the way that it gets the heart to beat faster. A piece of cardio equipment available– a bicycle, rowing machine, or stepper can be really beneficial for this purpose.. Start gently and with passage of time, gradually increase the intensity of the warm-up until the body starts getting warmer, and the heart rate begins to rise. The specific intensity will depend on an individual’s current level of fitness level.

Some people persist until they feel a light sweat but because this can be more reflective of humidity than body temperature, it may not always be the most useful method.

Once a person is feeling warm after such warm-up exercises, it’s time for him to bring in the dynamic stretching to play. There are no detailed time guidelines for repeating each movement, but due emphasis is to be given on beginning slowly and then increasing the speed slowly.