Benefits
A warm-up will improve the effectiveness of training and should be done before every training session. This is fundamental to a safe practice.
Direct physical effects are:
- Release of adrenaline
- Increased heart rate
- Enables oxygen in the blood to travel with greater speed
- Increased production of synovial fluid located between the joints to reduce friction
- Allows joints to move more efficiently
- Dilation of capillaries
- Enables oxygen in the blood to travel at a higher volume
- Increased heart rate
- Increase of temperature in the muscles
- Decreased viscosity of blood
- Enables oxygen in the blood to travel with greater speed
- Facilitates enzyme activity
- Encourages the dissociation of oxygen from haemoglobin
- Decreased viscosity within the muscle
- Greater extensibility and elasticity of muscle fibres
- Increased force and speed of contraction
- Greater extensibility and elasticity of muscle fibres
- Decreased viscosity of blood
- Increase of muscle metabolism
- Supply of energy through breakdown of glycogen
- Increase in speed of nerve impulse conduction
- Removes lactic acid
A comprehensive warm-up programme has been found to decrease injuries in football.
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