warm-up area
Pre-event stretching space
A warm-up area is a designated space where athletes prepare their bodies before competition or performance.
Gyms, stadiums, and concert venues typically have warm-up areas set apart from the main floor or stage: Swimmers stretched in the warm-up area before their heats.
The term extends to any space reserved for preliminary physical preparation.
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
- dynamic stretchingMotion-based flexibility preparation
- leg swingsPendular lower-limb stretches
- athletesSports competitors
- musclesContractile body tissue
jogging · practice · backstage · green room · limbering · sweat · mats · mirrors · preparation · bullpen · on deck circle · dugout · track · starting blocks · court · sideline · bench · tension
- dance studiodance floor, sprung floor, dance teacher, instructor, dancers
- track meetstrack meets, track events, field events, hurdles, relays
- practice spacespractice room, rehearsal room, rehearsal hall, band room, music room
- sidelinesbench, boundary, dugout, touchline, edge
- weightliftingbarbell, dumbbell, deadlifts, clean, jerk
- Powerliftingbench press, squat, deadlift, total, meet
competition stage
warm-up areamain stage
Principal performance platform
playing field · center court · field of play · race course · stage
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