The overarching goal of a cool-down is to reduce heart and breathing rates, gradually cool body temperature, return muscles to their optimal length-tension relationships, prevent venous pooling of blood in the lower extremities, which may cause dizziness or possible fainting, and restore physiologic systems close to baseline.
The proposed benefits of a cool-down are shown below:
Cooling down after a workout is as important as warming up. After physical activity, your heart is still beating faster than normal, your body temperature is higher and your blood vessels are widened. This means if you stop too fast, you could feel sick or pass out.
When you warm up, it also may help lower muscle soreness and lessen injury risk. Cooling down after your workout lets the heart rate and blood pressure slowly recover to preexercise levels. It may be most important for competitive endurance athletes, such as marathoners, to cool down to help control blood flow.
The purpose of the cool down is to return your heart rate close to resting. Stopping quickly without a cool down can result in light-headedness, dizziness and/or fainting. A good example of a cool down is walking after running. Your cool down should range anywhere from two to five minutes.
The cooldown reduces heartrate and prevents blood from pooling in the legs. The cooldown allows the body to continue to burn more calories, which will help with weight loss. The cooldown provides a smooth transition period between activity state and resting state.
A cool down is the last part of a dance class where the dance teacher leads the students through a series of stretching exercises, such as spinal stretches, standing quad stretches, and calf stretches. The cool down helps the students' muscles to slowly return to their resting state and prevents cramping or soreness.
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