The Benefits of the Dynamic Warm up

• Increases body temperature and warms the connective tissues
• Increases blood flow to muscles and heart (i.e. charges the circulatory system)
• Delivers more oxygen to muscles (specifically greater exchange of oxygen to tissues because hemoglobin gives more oxygen at higher temperatures as well as greater oxygen-carbon dioxide exchange)
• Increases nerve conduction velocity (i.e. activates the nervous system)
• Improves efficiency (rate and strength) of muscle contraction and reaction time
• Promotes more efficient cellular metabolism (i.e. facilitates metabolic transition to activity-specific energy systems)
• Excites the hormonal system
• Increases the amount of synovial fluid in joints (thereby decreasing the viscosity of the joint capsules)
• Decreases muscle viscosity
• Lubricates the joints and reduces muscle and joint stiffness
• Increases joint range of motion
• Increases muscle coordination through related movements
• Increases work capacity
• Prevents injury