Warm ups and stretching

Question 1

Benefits of a pre-exercise warm up

Answer 1

• Faster muscle contraction and relaxation of both agonist and antagonist muscles
• Improvements in the rate of force development and reaction time
• Improvements in muscle strength
• Lowered viscous resistance in muscles
• Improved oxygen delivery due to the Bohr effect where higher temperatures facilitate oxygen releases from hemoglobin and myoglobin
• Increased blood flow to active muscle
• Enhanced metabolic reactions

Question 2

Components of a warm-up

Answer 2

• General warm-up

- Specific warm-up