TheThe Warm Up Warm Up

By Alberto CarrerasBy Alberto Carreras

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Why do we do the warm up before an exercise?

-To prevent paint -To prevent paint or injuriesor injuries

-To get better -To get better results in an results in an execercise or a execercise or a sportsport

The Parts of the warm up:

1. Joint Movility:1. Joint Movility:A joint is a part of A joint is a part of the body where two the body where two or more bones make or more bones make contact. We have to contact. We have to move every joint in move every joint in our bodyour body

2. Activation:2. Activation:We have to move We have to move arround to heat our arround to heat our musclesmuscles

Red points represent joints

There are many muscles in the body

1. Joint Movility

We must move them from We must move them from down to up. Starting by down to up. Starting by the ankle and finishing the ankle and finishing with the neck.with the neck.

Ankle

Knees

Hips

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Showlders

Elbows

Wrists

and finally...

Neck

2. Activation2. Activation

In the activation part, you have to move arround In the activation part, you have to move arround in different ways, for example:in different ways, for example:

Running, skipping, running with your ankles in the bottom, Running, skipping, running with your ankles in the bottom, running backwords, running sideways, running while running backwords, running sideways, running while moving you arms, etc... moving you arms, etc...

You can also play some games to increase You can also play some games to increase your heart beat and heat your muscles..your heart beat and heat your muscles..

Activation GamesActivation GamesGavilán: Gavilán: A person has to stay in the middle line of the court, A person has to stay in the middle line of the court,

and he/she can only move from side to side. Everyone else and he/she can only move from side to side. Everyone else has to go from one goal to the other, and the person in the has to go from one goal to the other, and the person in the line try to catch theme. If he/she catches you, you stay in the line try to catch theme. If he/she catches you, you stay in the line catching people.line catching people.

Basket-frisby: Basket-frisby: Five or six people form a circle and they Five or six people form a circle and they pass each other two frisbys at the same time. If someone fail pass each other two frisbys at the same time. If someone fail the catch he has to throw to the basket. If he doesn’t score, the catch he has to throw to the basket. If he doesn’t score, he sit down.he sit down.

The string game: The string game: Two groups of people catch a thick Two groups of people catch a thick string, and there is a cone in the floor between the two string, and there is a cone in the floor between the two teams. They have to push and pull the string. The team wich teams. They have to push and pull the string. The team wich pases the cone loosespases the cone looses

The End !The End !