Physiotherapist
As far as I am aware there is no gold standard here. I would suggest warming yourself to the point that you have a mildly elevated heart rate and the beginning of light persperation. This would indicate that your heart is ready to work and has started to stimulate the release of certain chemicals in your bloodstream (which help with exercise) and also that muscles are full of blood and therefore, charged with energy to release when required. Good luck, jono
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Exercise Physiologist
In my opinion the duration of a warm up isn't as important as the ingredients therein. There is no conclusive evidence that demonstrates a link between static &/or passive flexibility & injury prevention, however there is good evidence to support the injury prevention qualities of a more holistic warm up regime.
A good format might be:
1. general aerobic warm up (not specific to the sport)
2. general stretch (forusing on areas of imbalance, spasm or asymmetry)
3. specific warm up (utlising energy stsrems & movement patterns that are specific to the sport)
4. specific stretch (incorporating dynamic & ballistic patterns that are specific to the sport).
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There has been quite a lot of research in recent years relating to injury prevention and warm up especially in relation to sports that incorporate running, jumping and change of direction activities such as cutting and side stepping. While the specific warm up is best if customized to match the demands and actual movements of the actual sport or activity as closely as possible generally a warm up program should incorporate:
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