collocation · academic
warm-up exercises
UK/wɔːrm ʌp ˈek.sə.saɪz.ɪz/US/wɔrm ʌp ˈek.sɚ.saɪz.ɪz/WARM·up EX·er·CIS·es
light exercises performed before the main workout to prepare the body and reduce injury risk
Examples
“Always start your session with warm-up exercises to reduce the chance of injury.”
“The coach led a series of warm-up exercises before practice.”
“Warm-up exercises increase blood flow to the muscles.”
Band 8 sentence
“In professional training programmes, structured warm-up exercises are emphasised to enhance performance and prevent injury.”
Collocations
- do warm-up exercises
- a short/brief warm-up
Word family
Common mistakes
warm up exercises→warm-up exercises
do warming exercises→do warm-up exercises
Say it for a higher band
5do stretching→6do warm up→7+warm-up exercises
Synonyms
stretching exercises
Easily confused
stretching exercises
“Before playing basketball they did some stretching exercises.”
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