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The research the BLOCKS assistant answers from: 1,118 studies and 81 guides, each graded for how strong the evidence is and who it was measured on, with a link to the original paper.
76 entries in Warm-up, pacing & the mind
B+Warm-up and Performance in Competitive SwimmingNeiva HP 2014BMuscle Temperature and Sprint Performance During Soccer Matches: Beneficial Effect of Re-warm-up at Half-timeMohr M 2004BEffects of General, Specific, and Combined Warm-up on Explosive Muscular PerformanceAndrade DC 2015BComparison of Three Types of Warm-up Upon Sprint Ability in Experienced Soccer PlayersVan den Tillaar R 2019BWarm-Up Exercises May Not Be So Important for Enhancing Submaximal Running PerformanceTakizawa K 2018BImprovement of 800-m Running Performance With Prior High-Intensity ExerciseIngham SA 2013B+A Review of the Acute Effects of Static and Dynamic Stretching on PerformanceBehm DG & Chaouachi A 2011BRelationship Between Upper Body Anaerobic Power and Freestyle Swimming PerformanceHawley JA & Williams MM 1991BEffects of Work-matched Moderate- and High-Intensity Warm-up on Power Output During 2-min Supramaximal CyclingFujii N 2018B+Oxygen Uptake Kinetics as a Determinant of Sports PerformanceBurnley & Jones 2007BFaster V̇O2 Kinetics After Priming Exercises of Different Duration but Same FatigueMaturana FM 2018BImprovement of Oxygen-Uptake Kinetics and Cycling Performance With Combined Prior Exercise and Fast StartBrock 2018B+Warming Up Before a 20-Minute Endurance Effort: Is It Really Worth It?Barranco-Gil D 2020BThe Effects of a Cycling Warm-up Including High-Intensity Heavy-Resistance Conditioning Contractions on Subsequent 4-km Time Trial PerformanceChorley A & Lamb KL 2019BLess is More: Standard Warm-up Causes Fatigue and Less Warm-up Permits Greater Cycling Power OutputTomaras EK & MacIntosh BR 2011B+Factors Modulating Post-Activation Potentiation and its Effect on Performance of Subsequent Explosive ActivitiesTillin NA & Bishop D 2009BEffect of Warm-up on Cycle Time Trial PerformanceHajoglou A 2005B+Effects of Priming and Pacing Strategy on Oxygen-Uptake Kinetics and Cycling PerformanceBailey 2016BEffects of High-Intensity Intermittent Priming on Physiology and Cycling PerformanceMcIntyre JP & Kilding AE 2015BEffects of Prior Heavy Exercise, Prior Sprint Exercise, and Passive Warming on Oxygen Uptake Kinetics During Heavy Exercise in HumansBurnley M 2002BEffects of Prior Warm-up Regime on Severe-Intensity Cycling PerformanceBurnley M 2005B+Sports and Environmental Temperature: From Warming-up to Heating-upRacinais S 2017AAcute Effects of Muscle Stretching on Physical Performance, Range of Motion, and Injury Incidence in Healthy Active Individuals: A Systematic ReviewBehm DG 2016C+Revisiting the 'Whys' and 'Hows' of the Warm-Up: Are We Asking the Right Questions?Afonso J 2024B+Warm-Up Strategies for Sport and Exercise: Mechanisms and ApplicationsMcGowan CJ 2015B+Warm Up II: Performance Changes Following Active Warm Up and How to Structure the Warm UpBishop D 2003B+Warm Up I: Potential Mechanisms and the Effects of Passive Warm Up on Exercise PerformanceBishop D 2003AEffects of warming-up on physical performance: a systematic review with meta-analysisFradkin AJ 2010B+Effect of self-paced sprint interval training and low-volume HIIT on cardiorespiratory fitness: the role of heart rate and power outputHesketh 2025B+Effects of self-paced interval and continuous training on health markers in womenConnolly 2017BPhysiological effects of constant versus variable power during endurance cyclingLiedl 1999BSelf-paced exercise is less physically challenging than enforced constant pace exercise of the same intensity: influence of complex central metabolic controlLander 2009B+Physiological Resilience: What Is It and How Might It Be Trained?Jones & Kirby 2025BDetermination of Optimal Pacing Strategy in Track Cycling with an Energy Flow ModelDe Koning 1999CVariable pacing on terrain in road cycling time trialsWhat modelling studies sayZignoli 2020B+Pacing strategies: all-out only for ≤30 s events; more even pacing improves times in events >2 min; optimal pacing for 1.5-2 min and >4 h events is unknownAbbiss & Laursen 2008