Please explain, No Warm up? No Extra warm up? do you mean there isn't the three minute or so warm up usually held just prior to events at competitions? I've never been to Nationals and if they allow no warm up at all, I don't want to go. a warm up is essential not so much for good performance as for avoidance of injury. even after an off ice warm up, waiting rink side, you muscles cool down, tighten up and I feel a few minutes warm up is essential. not 15 minutes as mentioned in one of the posts, but at least a few minutes.