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3. Stretch it out
The warm up and the cool down are the absolute most important components of your workout. They also are often the most often skipped parts of a workout.
The optimal warm up has two parts: an overall core workout and a functional warm up. During the first part of the warm up your goal is to increase core temperature, increase respiration, and increase circulation to deliver more oxygen to working muscles.
During the second, functional warm up, you pay attention to specific muscles or joints due to prior or existing injuries, or based on the exercise you’re about to do. Before a run, for instance, you would want to move the legs through range of motion.
Read: Basic dynamic warm-ups: An essential component of every exercise routine
Read: Intermediate dynamic warm ups
