Warm-up

Aim. A prior warm-up of the physiological parts of movement is needed and it is considered important in the technical execution of athletic gestures, which may require high-level systematic-muscular activities. In order to express our potential in any motoric and athletic element and to make it work, a systematic activation which will modify and make the body efficient also at maximum levels is needed. The fundamental aim is to increase the body temperature at central and muscular level, firstly to increase the vascularization at muscular level, secondly to foster a better efficacy of the chemical relations in the organism, all of this to make the technical-athletic performance as working as possible. It may be divided in 3 consecutive stages at growing intensity: 1. The first can be defined as “mild stage” of muscular activation; 2. The second is the “stage of more specific muscular activation”, with functional exercises; 3. The third “stage of muscular stimulation”, technical exercises which are done with the same intensity of the competition. Conclusion. In conclusion, the general and specific body warm-up before a motoric performance, especially if it is athletic, must follow a stage of activation of the components of movement, which could call for a maximal effort of the various structures. An optimal warm-up allows the athlete to execute movements, especially in acyclic motions, to make choices in a very small amount of time and to reach a solution, which is not only technically and tactically right but also at a maximum performing level.