Phases of Workout

Any activity, whether it be physical or mental, that aims to prepare people for the demands of their chosen sport and, or exercise.

• Exercise proper

• Warm-up

• Cool down

A type of Warm-up which involves low intensity activities that are done before stretching and the exercise proper.

• General warm ups

• Specific warm ups

The phase wherein you perform strenuous work that produces fitness benefits. This usually includes exercises that are tailored, or specific to a person’s level of fitness.

• Cool down

• Warm-up

• Exercise proper

A type of movement which involves Flexibility during sports or activity-specific movements, and requires the muscles to stretch. It is usually done in a controlled manner.

• Dynamic stretching

• Static stretching

• Ballistic stretching

A type of cool-down method in which you stay in one position for a set time. You’re able to relax your body while a partner, accessory, or prop intensifies the stretch by putting external pressure on your body

• Passive stretching

• Active stretching

A type of Warm-up activity that helps prepare parts of our body for a much vigorous version of the same activity, usually seen in sports.

• Specific warm ups

• General warm ups

A type of movement usually done during cool down but it can be part of exercise proper if the sport or activity requires flexibility.

• Ballistic stretching

• Dynamic stretching

• Static stretching

A type of cool-down method of improving flexibility. It involves active contracting of one muscle as a way to stretch an opposing muscle, with no external force.

• Passive stretching

• Active stretching

An easy exercise that allows the body to gradually transition to a resting or near-resting state

• Cool down

• Exercise proper

• Warm-up

A type of movement which involves muscular effort, and bouncing-type movements that stretch our limbs into an extended range of motion wherein the end position is not held. It also has a higher chance leading to injury.

• Dynamic stretching

• Ballistic stretching

• Static stretching