How to Warm-Up for Aerobic Exercise
Warm Up: The warm-up before a workout or athletic competition steadily revs up your cardiovascular system by elevating your body temperature and releasing more blood flow to your muscles. This pre-training is also helpful to reduce muscle soreness and prevent injury. 10-15 minutes of gentle exercise or practice, called the dynamic movement, is recommended for warming up and physically preparing yourself for the workout. Doing this slow pace exercise beforehand can produce mild sweating, but generally would not leave you fatigued. Warm-Up Tips When warming up, few movements such as arm circles, high kicks, lunges, and inchworm are beneficial. TENS Unit is another excellent option to warm up and set your body for an invigorating competition or workout. The transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) unit stimulates muscles by contracting and relaxing through impulses which it sends through nerve fibers. Due to stimulated movement in the body, endorphins are released, and