warm up

A warm up is usually performed before participating in (technical) sports or exercising. A warm up generally consists of a gradual increase in intensity in physical activity. For example, before running or playing an intense sport one might slowly jog to warm muscles and increase heart rate. It is important that warm ups should be specific to the exercise that will follow, which means that exercises should prepare the muscles to be used and to activate the energy systems that are required for that particular activity. The risks and benefits of combining stretching with warming up are mixed and in some cases disputed. Warming up prepares your body mentally & physically.
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Verb
1. run until the normal working temperature is reached; "We warmed up the car for a few minutes"
(hypernym) operate, run
2. become more friendly or open; "She warmed up after we had lunch together"
(hypernym) change
3. get warm or warmer; "The soup warmed slowly on the stove"
(synonym) warm
(hypernym) change
4. cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles; "The coach warmed up the players before the game"
(hypernym) exercise, work, work out
(hyponym) limber
(derivation) warm-up, tune-up, prolusion
5. make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
(synonym) limber up, loosen up
(hypernym) exercise, work out
(derivation) warm-up, tune-up, prolusion

Noun
1. exercising in preparation for strenuous activity
(synonym) tune-up, prolusion
(hypernym) preparation, readying
(derivation) limber up, warm up, loosen up

begin to exercise, excercise slowly "To warm up, she walks about a kilometer; then she jogs."

Synonyms and related words:
arrangement, basic training, break in, briefing, bring back, bring to, call back, chafe, charge, clearing the decks, cock, cook, electric-heat, equipment, familiarization, fire, fire up, fixing, foment, foundation, gas-heat, get going, get in there, get off, get ready, get set, get squared away, get under way, get up steam, groundwork, heat, hot, hot up, hot-air-heat, hot-water-heat, limber up, load, make a beginning, make a move, makeready, making ready, manufacture, mobilization, mull, overheat, planning, prearrangement, preheat, preliminaries, preliminary, preliminary act, preliminary step, prep, preparation, preparatory study, preparing, prepping, prerequisite, pretreatment, prime, processing, propaedeutic, provision, readying, reanimate, recall to life, recharge, recook, recruit, refresh, regenerate, reheat, reheat the ashes, reinspire, rejuvenate, rekindle, relight, renew, resurrect, resuscitate, revitalize, revive, revivify, rewarm, set, set a course, shoulder arms, spadework, start up, steam, steam up, stir the embers, stoke up, strip for action, superheat, tepefy, training, treatment, trial, tryout, warm, warm over, whet the knife, wind, wind up
  

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