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POUR DIMINUER LES RISQUES DE BLESSURES
By raising your body temperature, you prepare your muscles to take a load. And like a Boy Scout, a ready muscle is never caught unprepared! Your risk of injury drops drastically, and you avoid putting the brakes on your momentum.
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FOR BETTER PERFORMANCE
Popeye had his spinach. You’ve got your warm-up. Warming up increases blood flow. Your muscles gorge themselves on blood, which facilitates the pumping effect. And that’s exactly what you want to create when you train. You see, you’re already starting to achieve your goals, and the real work hasn’t even begun yet!
[Insert intense shouts of joy here].
What’s more, by increasing your body heat, your ability to concentrate goes up a notch – as does your speed of muscular contraction – and your performance becomes optimal. We’d be crazy not to!
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FOR MAXIMUM FUEL EFFICIENCY
Warming up promotes better cardiopulmonary ventilation – a bit like stopping for oxygen at the gas station before hitting the road. Your heartbeats per minute increase and your breathing becomes more powerful, just like you! A higher heart rate also means more oxygen-rich blood, which helps open up the blood vessels that feed the muscles directly. In other words, oxygen flows freely, to the delight of your muscles.
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TO INCREASE YOUR MUSCULAR FLEXIBILITY
Setting up on the bench press “à frette” is a bit like asking a 2-by-4 to do yoga… It’s liable to be a bit steep! It’s a fact that a warm-up loosens up your muscles and prepares them for what’s to come. Try it out for yourself. Your range of motion will look better than ever!
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INTÉRESSEZ-VOUS AU POURQUOI DU COMMENT
Le savoir, c’est le pouvoir. Entre santé et forme physique, impossible d’ignorer la foule de bienfaits qu’offre l’entraînement à votre corps et à votre esprit. Découvrez-en quelques-uns ici et gardez-les en tête tout au long de votre parcours!
HUGO'S LITTLE +
Just 5 minutes of cardiovascular training at the start of your session is enough to give your muscles a good warm-up. Elliptical, stationary bike, treadmill, outdoor run, jumping rope, jumping jack… Be creative and don’t hesitate to vary from one session to the next. The aim is to warm up, not to get bored.
