loosen (sth) up
— phrasal verb with loosen uk/ˈluː.sən/us/ˈluː.sən/verb
to prepare your muscles for a physical activity by stretching and doing simple exercises:
I do a few stretches to loosen up before I run.
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Exercising & training
- aerial yoga
- Anti-Gravity yoga
- barbell
- bench press
- benchpress
- calisthenics
- cardio
- cross-trainer
- cross-training
- crunch
- exercise
- limber
- multigym
- physical jerks
- Pilates
- Spinning
- t'ai chi
- train
- warm
- weight training
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