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Workout Stages

“Serious Exercise starts with a warm-up and ends with a cool-Down”
(www.body-basics.com/libtwo/html)

Working out in stages ensures you to exercise safely.

There are three stages of a physical workout:

• Warm-ups
• Conditioning
• Cool-down

Warm-Up

• Warming up raises the temperature and cell rates by 13%
• Proper warm-up before a vigorous exercise safely prepares the body for the workload (www.body-basics.com/libtwo.html)
• Raises muscle temperature (www.thedacare.org/healthlib/exer3118.htm)

Types of Warm-ups

1st warm-up (3-4)

• walking
• moderate jogging
• continuos exercise

2 warm-up- stretch and tone muscle groups (8-10)

• legs
• arms
• hips

Conditioning

• Workout which exercises and strengthen your muscles
• Exercise should last 20-30 min.
• Intensity of workout is decided by the overload of the weight lifted

Cool-down

• Continuation of conditioning activity at a lower intensity
• Bring back breathing and heart rate to near normal
• Skeletal muscles are shielded from injury by gentle stretching and you relax emotionally and physically (www.body-basics.com/libtwo.html)

Conclusion

• Warm-ups, conditioning, and cool-downs are essential for a healthy workout.
• It gets you prepared to have more energy for the main workout.
• After the workout, a cool-down is essential for the body to slow down.
• All these stages are as important as the workout itself.

Sources

http://www.thedacare.org/healthlib/ exer3118.htm

http://www.body-basics.com/libtwo.html

Created: February 8, 2001; Updated: February 8, 2001