Over the last few years, the technical and scientific community has increased exponentially their interest on warm-up in swimming, being aware of its importance for training and competition. Despite being a usual practice, literature is still scarce and unclear. There is a lot to know about the real effects of warm-up and how it could be designed with regard to the different components (such as the intensity, duration, and interval between warm-up and main task). This book, therefore, provides a set of new scientific evidences developed with the purpose of analysing the effects of warm-up on...