Costill & King (1983) - complete reference unavailable.

In the sport of swimming, general warm-up activities and easy distance swimming add to the total muscle work, but the metabolic stress and muscular tension that are associated with this activity do little to prepare a swimmer for a competitive performance. To derive benefits from a warm-up, the work must be mechanically and physiologically the same as that experienced while competing.

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