Do warm ups or do warm up? A warm up exercise, warm-up exercises

chiachenIt's better to do warm ups before you exercise.

That's possible. Also, using "warm up" as verb: "It's better to warm up before you exercise."

chiachenWarm ups are necessary before any exercises.

Yes, also possible. Another way, again using "warm up" as a verb: "It's necessary to warm up before you exercise."

Thanks. Can we say: It's good to do a warm-up/warm ups/a warm up exercise/warm up exercises before you work out.
Do we say ever do work out?

chiachenCan we say: It's good to do a warm-up/warm ups/a warm up exercise/warm up exercises before you work out.

My opinion is they're all passable, especially: "It's good to do warm up exercises before you work out." Whether you use singular or plural depends on how many warm up exercises you're referring to, of course.

chiachenDo we

So it's only not correct to say: Do warm up before you exercise. It should be: Do a warm up.

chiachenSo it's only not correct to say: Do warm up before you exercise. It should be: Do a warm up

Yes, you're correct, it should be: "Do a warm up (exercise)." Again, the verb form is very common: "Warm up before you exercise."

"Warmups", one word, is probably best now that the word has become so frequent. I guess the Brits would prefer the hyphen, "warm-ups", and that works in the US, too. The noun is not "warm ups". It derives from the adjective in "warm-up exercises".

So, you wouldn't approve of? all these: It's better to do warm ups before you exercise.
Warm ups are necessary before any exercises.
To prevent these kind of problems, the player has to do stretching and warm ups before entering the soccer field.
If I hyphenate all of them, then they are correct?

chiachenSo, you wouldn't approve of? all these: It's better to do warm ups before you exercise.Warm ups are necessary before any exercises.To prevent these kind of problems, the player has to do stretching and warm ups before entering the soccer field. If I hyphenate all of them, then they are correct?

I wouldn't. They all need hyphens, at least. The word is s

I wonder If it's OK: The player has to do stretching and warm up before entering the soccer field.

chiachenI wonder If it's OK: The player has to do stretching and warm up before entering the soccer field.

The switch from noun [stretching] to verb [warm up] threw me. Pick one form, and stick with it: "The player has to stretch out and warm up before entering the soccer field." or "The player has to do stretching and warm-ups before entering the soccer field