I'd be curious to know if the "one hold" approach is achieveing the same changes at the warm up approach, but within the timeframe of that one hold.
I'd think that if that's the case there may be a little more of a struggle while you wait for those changes to kick in, like splenic contration and blood shunting.
The big benefit I find to doing warm ups is the mental edge I get. If I jump in and have to do a long hold I'm not in the right frame of mind and my PB seems a long ways away. But, if I can do a couple of warm ups then I gradually get closer to my PB and so the mental leap isn't quite as extreme.
I think Pezman is right when he suggests that the "one hold" method works best for those that train regularly.
Jason
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