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There’s no doubting or denying the importance of a warm-up ahead of movement – whether that’s simply a workout in the gym, a training session or competition, you can’t ignore preparation. A good warm up sets the tone for the rest of the session, so it’s the important first step of the performance ladder.
There’s an enhancement to the warm-up though, a step before that can improve the outcomes of the session ahead. This priming and pre-activation phase will help to start the physiological preparation before the session starts.
A warm-up is crucial for every sport and sets the tone for the rest of the session. However, there is one step before - the priming and pre-activation phase...
Pre-Warm Up Benefits of topicals
One of the key outcomes of a warm-up is the stimulation of blood flow to the tissues. By using topical cream or roll-ons before engaging in any form of movement, you already enhance the blood flow to the necessary areas. Whilst this doesn’t replace the warm-up, it certainly enhances it and reduces the early injury risk.
We know that topical Roll-ons stimulate peripheral blood flow, so by using our Roll-on even before any dynamic exercise has taken place, one of the most important aspects of a warm-up is already well under way.
Theoretically this could reduce the required duration and intensity of the warm-up required, saving more energy for competition.
There’s a major difference in warm up between ‘exercise’ and sport. In exercise, the goal of the warm-up is to warm the body to make movement easier and safer. In sport, there’s an additional element to the warm-up – to engage muscle function and movement patterns, practice precise movements and execute technique.
One of the main ways this is done is through ‘priming’.
Priming exercises will differ from sport to sport, for example a cyclist may run through a series of short sprint drills, a jumper may practice take off drills and a boxer may perform movement and punch drills. The commonality is that they are very sport-specific and are designed to purely address movements that are about to be undertaken in competition.
We know from research that priming is effective. A study on elite rugby players showed that performing priming drills before a match led to a significant improvement in throwing power – a key element of the sport.
In sport at all levels, heating the body and thus improving blood flow is fundamentally important to the preparation and performance stages. Adequate blood flow is a precursor of tissue health and mobility, movement quality and technique execution.
Topical Roll-ons have proven across numerous studies how effective they are at enhancing blood flow. It does so via two main mechanisms…
By using topicals such as Re-up Recovery in the priming, warm up and competition phases you’ll ensure the maximum benefit from the technology.
There is very strong research supporting the heat element of a warm-up, with evidence suggesting it is far more than simply reducing injury risk. When studied, warm muscles have been proven to contract faster, generate more force velocity, exert greater strength of contraction and maintain work rate for longer, increasing the time to exhaustion.
More than just a ‘good idea’, maximising the warm-up and muscle temperature is a fundamentally vital aspect of performance preparation.