http://www.mainlinepersonaltrainer.com/blog/category/ace_fit_facts_exercise_programs/ Warm-up ACE Fit Facts Exercise Programs Mon, 28 Jun 2010 06:29:13 GMT http://www.mainlinepersonaltrainer.com/blog/comments/161/ <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 32px; border-collapse: collapse; font-weight: bold; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><a href="http://www.vertexfit.com/mainline/ACE-Fit-Tips-Exercise-Programs.html"><img src="http://www.mainlinepersonaltrainer.com/sitePub/library/blog/Vertex%20Fitness%20Ace%20logo.png" alt="" border="0px" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; "></a></span><div>Suppose you were told that you only had to add an extra five to 10 minutes to each of your workouts to prevent injury and lessen fatigue. Would you do it?</div><div><div><br></div><div>Most people would say yes. Then they might be surprised to learn that they&nbsp;</div>already&nbsp;know about those few minutes, which are called a warm-up. If done correctly, a pre-exercise warm-up can have&nbsp;a multitude of beneficial effects on a person's workout and, consequently, his or her overall health.</div><div><br><div><img src="/sitePub/library/Vertex%20Fitness%20ACE%20warm%20up%20pic.jpg" alt="" width="200px" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; " align="right" border="0"></div><div>What happens in your body?</div><div><br></div><div>When you begin to exercise, your cardiorespiratory and neuromuscular systems and metabolic energy pathways are stimulated. Muscles contract and, to meet their increasing demands for oxygen, your heart rate, blood flow, cardiac output and breathing rate increase. Blood moves faster through your arteries and veins and is gradually routed to working muscles.</div></div><div><br></div><div>For more information, <a href="http://www.vertexfit.com/mainline/ACE-Fit-Tips-Exercise-Programs.html" target="_blank">click here ...</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div> http://www.mainlinepersonaltrainer.com/blog/comments/161/ Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:00:00 GMT webmaster@vertexfitness.com (Vertex Fitness)