Easy: Warm up
Easy: Warm up
Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast for you to learn football English one word at a time. We have three different levels for you: easy, medium and hard.
This episode is easy so we’re looking at common football words and phrases. Things you use and need to know to play the game.
Summary
Learn more football vocabulary with Premier Skills English. Each lesson in our Premier Vocabulary section looks at one football word or phrase. This lesson looks at the phrase warm up.
You can find more lessons on the side of this page.
Transcript
Rich: Hello my name’s Rich and welcome to Premier Skills English - Premier Vocabulary.
Jack: Hi there! I’m Jack. We’re here to help you with your football English. Premier Vocabulary is a mini-podcast for you to learn football English one word at a time.
Rich: Don’t forget you can always find the transcript for all our podcasts on the Premier Skills English website. We have three different levels for you: easy, medium and hard.
Jack: This episode is easy so we’re looking at common football words and phrases; things you use and need to know to play the game.
Rich: The phrase we are looking at in this episode is: warm up.
Jack: Warm up is a phrasal verb and has a few meanings. It can be used to describe food that has gone cold and we need to make it warm again - we need to warm it up - make it warmer.
Rich: We can use it to talk about crowds or parties. The atmosphere at the football stadium warmed up when the team got their first goal. This means the fans got more enthusiastic and excited.
Jack: A machine might need a bit of time to warm up - to reach the correct temperature - before it starts working properly.
Rich: The meaning we are going to concentrate in this episode though is the meaning that is connected to preparing our bodies for physical exercise.
Jack: Before we do sport and exercise we should always warm up. To warm up we often do short exercises to stretch our muscles and prepare our body for activity.
Rich: I remember once I pulled a muscle when I went for a run and I’m sure it’s because I forgot to warm up before I started running.
Jack: Yes, it’s important to warm up before exercise and then cool down when you’ve finished.
Rich: Yes, it’s good to have a warm-up routine or do a warm-up before exercise.
Jack: In this example, we are using warm-up as a noun and using it as an adjective. A warm-up or a warm-up routine.
Rich: Warm-up routine and warm-up exercises are two useful common collocations.
Jack: We sometimes use the noun when talking about the stage of a match. We might hear that a coach had to change their team at the last moment because a player was injured in the warm-up.
Rich: One other way we use warm up when we are talking about football is when teams play warm-up matches
Jack: International teams often play warm-up matches before a big tournament.
Rich: These matches are friendly matches that are played just before a tournament such as the World Cup.
Jack: Warm-up matches help teams get ready in terms of fitness and tactics for a tournament.
Rich: There is the final whistle!
Jack: We’ll be back soon with more Premier Vocabulary from Premier Skills English.
Rich: Bye for now and enjoy your football.
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Why is it important to warm up before doing sport?
Do you habe a specific warm-up routine?
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12/03/2022
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It’s easy to get injury if you don’t make a warm-up before doing sport.
12/03/2022 08:53
Manchester United
738
It’s easy to get injury if you don’t make a warm-up before doing sport.
25/05/2021
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It's important to prepare both muscles and joints to support the activity properly.
I prefer to warm-up by stretching and little games, such as rondos.
25/05/2021 19:52
Arsenal
1512
It's important to prepare both muscles and joints to support the activity properly.
I prefer to warm-up by stretching and little games, such as rondos.
22/11/2020
points
Why is it important to warm up before doing sport?
Because there could have be a muscle pain or body hurt. Warm up exercises like streching e.t.c prepare body for sport activitiy.
Do you habe a specific warm-up routine?
As I mentioned earlier in my comments, every day even in winter, before noon I walk for at least 45 minutes after that I have a warm up routine. At first, an exercise of head movements which make neck muscles strong. After squatting, to balance with legs comes. There are also public sports equipments in the park for work out. I try them.
22/11/2020 17:26
Tottenham Hotspur
5558
Why is it important to warm up before doing sport?
Because there could have be a muscle pain or body hurt. Warm up exercises like streching e.t.c prepare body for sport activitiy.
Do you habe a specific warm-up routine?
As I mentioned earlier in my comments, every day even in winter, before noon I walk for at least 45 minutes after that I have a warm up routine. At first, an exercise of head movements which make neck muscles strong. After squatting, to balance with legs comes. There are also public sports equipments in the park for work out. I try them.
22/11/2020
points
Why is it important to warm up before doing sport?
Because there could have be a muscle pain or body hurt. Warm up exercises like streching e.t.c prepare body for sport activitiy.
Do you habe a specific warm-up routine?
As I mentioned earlier in my comments, every day even in winter, before noon I walk for at least 45 minutes after that I have a warm up routine. At first, an exercise of head movements which make neck muscles strong. After squatting, to balance with legs comes. There are also public sports equipments in the park for work out. I try them.
22/11/2020 17:25
Tottenham Hotspur
5558
Why is it important to warm up before doing sport?
Because there could have be a muscle pain or body hurt. Warm up exercises like streching e.t.c prepare body for sport activitiy.
Do you habe a specific warm-up routine?
As I mentioned earlier in my comments, every day even in winter, before noon I walk for at least 45 minutes after that I have a warm up routine. At first, an exercise of head movements which make neck muscles strong. After squatting, to balance with legs comes. There are also public sports equipments in the park for work out. I try them.
14/10/2020
points
I do have a warm-up routine before playing football games with my friends.
We run around the pitch 5 times and do some stretches together then rest for 10 minutes before the kickoff.
14/10/2020 17:32
Manchester United
6539
I do have a warm-up routine before playing football games with my friends.
We run around the pitch 5 times and do some stretches together then rest for 10 minutes before the kickoff.
14/10/2020
points
Because we prepare our bodies for an intensive physical exercise so we should do some light exercises first to be fit and stay away from muscle injuries.
14/10/2020 17:29
Manchester United
6539
Because we prepare our bodies for an intensive physical exercise so we should do some light exercises first to be fit and stay away from muscle injuries.
13/10/2020
points
Hi there!
I think that is very important to warm up before doind sport to avoid muscles injuries.
Ride a bike on weekend is my favorite hobby actually, so I warm up body parts like legs, knees, waist and neck that its more required during cycling.
13/10/2020 16:22
Leeds United
399
Hi there!
I think that is very important to warm up before doind sport to avoid muscles injuries.
Ride a bike on weekend is my favorite hobby actually, so I warm up body parts like legs, knees, waist and neck that its more required during cycling.
13/10/2020
points
To tune-up our body and muscles to avoid injuries
13/10/2020 15:53
Liverpool
95
To tune-up our body and muscles to avoid injuries
13/10/2020
points
I don't have any special warm-up routine and often might get along without it. Though my father's regular warm-ups stay forever in my mind from my early years: he was a doctor, now retired, and knows everything about a healthy life and sports style. Btw, he usually runs only in a room and never ran jogging or something - I think he always took care of the heart and joints.
13/10/2020 12:02
Liverpool
6577
I don't have any special warm-up routine and often might get along without it. Though my father's regular warm-ups stay forever in my mind from my early years: he was a doctor, now retired, and knows everything about a healthy life and sports style. Btw, he usually runs only in a room and never ran jogging or something - I think he always took care of the heart and joints.