Importance of Warming Up and Cooling Down
Warming up and cooling down are crucial for preparing and recovering from physical activities. Warming up increases heart rate, enhances flexibility, and focuses the mind, while cooling down helps reduce heart rate, clear muscle waste, and prevent stiffness. Learn about the physical effects, importance, and activities for both warm-up and cool-down routines to optimize your workout and avoid injury.
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Warming up and Cooling down What happens when you warm up? Your heart rate quickens. Your breathing becomes deeper and faster. Your blood pumps around the body faster, bringing oxygen to the muscles. The body temperature rises. Your muscles become more supple (flexible). Your mind becomes more focused and alert.
If you dont warm up first, you will not carry out each movement correctly. This is problematic because: Your body learns to do things incorrectly; You risk hurting yourself. Warming up should consist of: Slow, gentle stretches; Circling of joints; Repetitive movements that get your heart rate up like walking or running; Movements which move the spine like roll-downs and side-bends.
What happens when you cool down? Your heart rate slows down. Your breathing becomes slower. Your body temperature cools. Your muscles are cleared of waste products that causes cramping and stiffness. Cooling down should consist of: More intense stretching; A gradual slowing down of movements; Breathing; Slow, repetitive movements
Activity 1: 1. What are the physical effects of warming up the body? 2. Why is it important to warm up the body before a dance class? 3. Describe two activities you could do as a warm- up? 4. What are the physical effects of cooling down? 5. Why is it important to cool down after a dance class? 6. Describe two activities you could do as a cooling-down activity?
