warm ups
Stretches before competing
Warm ups are preparatory exercises done before more strenuous physical activity—stretching, light jogging, or easy repetitions that raise body temperature and loosen muscles.
Athletes do warm ups before games, gym-goers before lifting.
The term extends to any preliminary activity: a few warm ups before the main presentation.
Also spelled warm-ups or warmups.
- stretchesExtends or lengthens
- exercisesActivities for fitness
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- limberBending without resistance
- musclesContractile body tissue
get loose · routine · drills · jogging · flexibility · range of motion · preparation · athletes · sweat · loose · dynamic · cool down · calisthenics · jumping jacks · high knees · arm circles · lunges · squats
- youth footballflag football, tackle football, touch football, pee wee football, junior league
- piano studiesetudes, finger exercises, technical studies, arpeggios, drills
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- gentle exercisestretching routine, chair yoga, low-impact exercise, seated exercises, flexibility exercises
- physical educationPE, gym class, PE class, physical education, physical training
- swim trainingswim lessons, swimming lessons, swim coaching, freestyle, laps
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Featured performance or contest
showtime · headliner · main attraction · primetime · the real thing
warm upscool downs
Post-exercise recovery periods
cooldowns · cool-downs · stretching out · wind down · ice baths
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