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