But in recent years, exercise science has coalesced around a better way to prepare your body for exertion: the dynamic warm-up. Research suggests dynamic warm-ups improve agility, speed and overall performance for a wide range of sports, including tennis, baseball and running. In a fast-moving, direction-changing sport like soccer, a tailored dynamic warm-up lowered the odds of getting hurt by about 30 percent in one 2017 research review. Dynamic warm-ups bridge the gap. Chances are, you’ve updated your workout gear since middle-school gym class — here’s how to modernize your warm-up, too.

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Persons: —, Alvaro López Samanes, who’s, they’re, ”, Emily Hutchins Organizations: Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Research, Olympic Locations: Madrid, Chicago