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Warm-Up
Designed to prepare an athlete for an upcoming training or competition and can improve performance while potentially lessening the risk of injury
Flexibility Training
Aims to increase the range of motion around a joint, normally through the use of different forms of stretching
Temp-related warm up effects
Increase in muscle and core temperature, enhanced neural function, and distribution of transient connective tissue bonds
Non-temp-related warm up effects
Increased blood flow to the muscles, elevation of baseline oxygen consumption, and post-activation potentiation
Warm-up positively affects
Performance
General Warm-Up
Increases heart rate, blood flow, deep muscle temperature, respiration rate, and perspiration
Specific Warm-Up
Incorporates movements similar to the athlete’s sport movements, rehearsal of the skills to be performed
Raise
Increase body temp, blood flow, heart, and breathing rate
Activate
Key muscle groups for upcoming session
Mobilise
Relevant joints through full range of motion
Potentiate
Progressive force production through specific movements that match the intensity of the session
Range of motion
The degree of movement that occurs at a joint
Flexibility
A measure of ROM and has static and dynamic components
Factors that affect flexibility
Bony block, joint adhesions, muscle tightness, tight skin, scar tissue, muscle bulk, race, neural control, activity level, swelling, pain, presence of fat or other soft tissues
Hypermobile Traits
Passive opposition of the thumb that can reach the flexor aspect of the forearm
