warm-up routines
Exercises before exertion
Warm-up routines are sequences of preparatory exercises performed before physical activity or performance.
Athletes stretch and do light cardio to prepare muscles; musicians run scales; speakers do vocal exercises.
The term extends to any habitual preparation: My warm-up routine includes coffee and checking email before I start real work.
- freewritingContinuous unedited composition
- joggingSlow-paced locomotion exercise
- light jogSlow, relaxed running
- dynamic stretchesMovement-based flexibility work
- stretchingExtending muscles or material
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- Body Careposture, breathing exercises, cool-down, injury prevention, muscle strain
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Post-exercise relaxation practices
cooldown · ice bath · cryotherapy · wind-down · decompression