Stretching, of course!

Anticipation. Hormones (adrenalin and noradrenalin) are released pre-exercise. These accelerate heart rate and aid in preparing the body for exercise.

Exercise with possible varying resistance and a fixed maximum speed.

In exercise terms it is a motion during which the speed is set and the resistance is variable. If the person does not achieve the pre set speed the exercise is classed as isotonic

It´s a short warm-up exercise before you start to read the text itself. You might have a small talk about the characters or historical background of the text.

Pre reading exercises are used, usually by teachers, to teach young children how to read. These may include learning the letters of the alphabet, or picture/word association.