The Physiology of the Warm Up

In this episode Dan & Owain discuss the physiology of the warm up.

For many runners, a warm up features some jogging and possibly a few strides. But the warm up of a professional runner differs significantly, due to some interesting research into what is often referred to as "priming".

Dan & Owain discuss some of the history of the research, the physiology of "priming", and offer some practical applications that you can try before your next session or race.

If you give priming a go, let us know how you get on!

Get in touch via X with your questions or comments - @dan_nash94 & @owainzerilli

Research discussed:

Ingham et al., Priming in 800m runners - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22868404/

Jones et al., Priming time to exhaustion - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14652506/

Mark Burnley's explanation of VO2 Kinetics - https://youtu.be/ptPHNo9z7eA