warm up
Warm ups are a crucial part of any sport. These articles share warm up stretches and warm up drills for a variety of sports – golf, running, cycling and more – that will both increase performance and help with sports injury prevention… To browse our library of free sports training articles, browse using the categories on the left or use the search box.
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Speed training: warm up exercises for sports involving speed and multi-directional agility
A warm-up focused on speed and multi-directional agility
Half time in sport: should you warm up or cool down?
Half-time therapies to combat second half fatigue and injury
Football Training Drills for Improving Energy Systems During Pre-season
Football Tips and Exercises to Make You Ready for the New Season
Pilates for Running with Caroline Sandry
In this video TV presenter, personal trainer and Pilates expert Caroline Sandry takes you through a number of Pilates exercises that are of specific benefit to runners. The exercises will strengthen and stretch areas prone to tightness and injury among runners of all speeds, distances and ages.
Skipping rope for warm-ups
Skipping rope is an excellent general warm up exercise. The alternating and normal hammer curls are both good exercises for developing and keeping the biceps strong.
Dynamic stretching exercises increase jumping ability
Basketball Warm-ups to Increase Vertical Leap
Half Time Strategy - Temperature
Coping With The Effects of Temperature on The Pitch
Heart Vitality Training and Heart Rate Monitors as Aids to Athletic Performance
Athletic Performance - keeping your cardiovascular system in shape
Research Round-Up: endurance, ergogenic drugs, hydration and vibration
endurance, ergogenic drugs, hydration and vibration
Managing Pain in Athletes
What are the best ways to cope with sports pain? And how do different people react to the same injury?
Exercise Special - wake up your body and brain
A hand to knee reaction drill to improve speed, power and strength
Stretching, Performance and Injury Prevention
Pre-exercise stretching - is it time to tear up the old rule book?
Can Athletes Dance Their Way to Agility?
Dance Training for Agility, Speed and Power
Running Injury Prevention
Injury Prevention and Stretching Advice for Runners
cyclists warm up
Cyclists Warm Up: Which warm-up for cyclists?
active warm-ups
Active Warm-ups: How active warm-up boosts performance
Pre-competition
Pre-competition: Pre-competition exercise: does timing matter?
Downward dog
Downward Dog
cold injuries
Cold injuries: How to protect your performance as well as your health against the chill winds of winter
warm up golf
Warm-up golf
golf warm up exercises
Golf warm up exercises
exercise in the heat | pre-cooling techniques
Pre-cooling techniques increase performance in the heat
Warming up before training and competition
Warming Up: Just how hot should your warm-up be?
Warming up: does stretching actually hinder sports performance?
Sport science research suggests stretching hampers performance
How should you approach a pre-competition or training warm up?
Warming up before high-intensity exercise boosts total oxygen consumption but does not increase time to exhaustion
Bathing in carbonated water as a warm-up can improve swimming times
Swimmers can improve their performance through carbon dioxide bathing
Does stretching in your warm up prevent injury?
Everything you need to know about stretching
Warm ups: mobility exercises will prepare the body to move quickly and efficiently
These pre-workout mobility exercises can give a valuable boost to competitive performance
Warm-up drills
Warm-ups: Are warm-ups a waste of time?
Warm up exercises: update your approach to training and competition
Warming up with a dynamic, focused routine, specifically tailored to your chosen sport.
Warm up exercises: update your approach to training and competition
Warming up with a dynamic, focused routine, specifically tailored to your chosen sport.
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