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* Warm-Up * Cool-Down

* Warm-Up * Cool-Down. SHMD 139 22/7/2013. Warm-Up Role. Prepares the heart, lungs, muscles & joints for the activity to follow. Activate the nervous system. Specific/General Warm-Up. General: involves body movements of large muscle groups in a rhythmical, continuous manner.

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* Warm-Up * Cool-Down

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  1. *Warm-Up*Cool-Down SHMD 139 22/7/2013

  2. Warm-Up Role • Prepares the heart, lungs, muscles & joints for the activity to follow. • Activate the nervous system.

  3. Specific/General Warm-Up • General: involves body movements of large muscle groups in a rhythmical, continuous manner. • Example: running/cycling to warm up for weight training. • Limitation: does not prepare for movements to follow & neuromuscular pathways are not activated (High risk of injury).

  4. Specific/General Warm-Up • Specific to training session: involves rehearsal of exercises which are to follow. • Replicating movement with dynamic stretching or, • Using low intensity resistance training exercises to prepare for heavier weights to follow.

  5. Warm-Up • 3 main objectives: • To raise the heart rate. • To increasebody temperature. • To mobilize the major joints of the body.

  6. Warm-Up • A typical warm-up involves the following components: • A pulse raiser. • Joint mobility. • Dynamic stretching for muscles.

  7. 1. Pulse Raiser • Involves rhythmical, continuous movements of large muscle groups. • Example: running, rowing or cycling. • Should gradually increase in intensity. • ↑ Body temperature = ↑ stroke volume = ↑ cardiac output. • Blood vessels widen within muscles & more blood vessels are opened up; thus more oxygen & nutrients flow through muscles. • Lasts for 5 – 10 minutes. • At end of warm-up heart rate should be just below the rate the athlete would achieve in the main session.

  8. 2. Joint Mobility • Means moving joints through full range of motion. • Movements start off with small ROM → larger ROM until full ROM is achieved. • Enable joints to become lubricated by releasing more synovial fluids to the joints, then warming it up to become more efficient. • Joints to be mobilized: Shoulders, elbows, spine, hips, knees & ankles.

  9. 3. Dynamic Stretching • Definition: stretching the muscles through their full ROM in a controlled manner. • Used for specific preparation of muscles for movements due to follow. • Benefits of dynamic stretching: • Keeps heart rate raised. • Stretches muscles specifically through full ROM. • Activates nervous system & improves synchronization between nerves and muscles.

  10. Static Stretching • Static stretching: muscle stretched & held – causes decreasein heart rate& relaxesmuscles. • Desensitizes muscle spindles which protect against injury.

  11. Warm-Up Example • Walk. • Walk with bicep curls & shoulder presses. • Slow jog with shoulder circles. • Jog. • Dynamic stretches: squat and press, step back & chest stretch. • Jog with knee raises and heel flicks. • Run. • Jumps & hops. • Sprint.

  12. Cool-Down Role • To return the bodyto its pre-exercise state. • After exercise: • Heart rate is still high. • Blood is still being pumped to your working muscles.

  13. Cool-Down: 4 Main Objectives • Slowly return heart rate back to normal. • Get rid of any waste products built up during exercise. • Waste products: lactic acid & carbon dioxide need to be washed out the muscles. • Return muscles to their original pre-exercise length. • As the muscles work during the main session, they continually shorten to produce force & end up in a shortened position. Therefore need to be stretched out so that they do not remain shortened.

  14. Cool-Down: 4 Main Objectives • Prevent venous pooling. • As heart pumps blood around body, circulation is assisted by the action of skeletal muscles, which act as a ‘muscle pump’ to help return blood to heart against gravity. If participant stops suddenly, heart will keep pumping blood to legs, but because the ‘muscle pump’ has stopped, the blood will pool in the legs. Causes participant to become light-headed and they may pass out. • Opposite to warm-up.

  15. Cool-Down • Lowering heart rate: • Choose CV type exercise, involving rhythmical movements & large muscle groups. • Intensity starts high → low. • Gradual lowering allows heart pump to work and prevent venous pooling. • 5 minutes. • Heart rate should be around 100-110 bpm to end off with.

  16. Cool-Down • Stretching: • Returns muscle to pre-exercise length. • Removes waste products from the muscle. • Prevent muscle soreness on the following day.

  17. Cool-Down Example • 1 minute run. • 1 minute jog. • 1 minute brisk walk. • Stretch: trapezius, pecs, latissimus dorsi. • Standing stretches: adductors, calves, quads. • Kneeling stretches: hip flexors & lower back. • Lying stretches: hamstrings & gluteus.

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