6 Effective Stretches That Can Help You Cool Down After A Workout

Cool down is important to prevent muscle soreness

As you must have heard multiple times before, warm up and cool down are essentials of a complete workout. Warm up helps your body prepare for a workout by reducing body stiffness, raising body temperature and increasing blood flow to the muscles. Cool down, on the other hand, helps your body recover and relax. It helps in regulating blood flow and reduces chances of muscle soreness and injury. 10 minutes of warm up and cool down before and after your workout respectively, is important if you want to improve your overall health and fitness.

In this article, we are going to talk about cool down routine that you can easily do at your home. While it is essentially meant to be done after a workout, you can also do it on a day that you are not exercising. It can make you feel more mobile and can also help you feel more energised.

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This cool down session also includes stretching exercises. These can reduce body stiffness and release tension after a long day at work.

Cool down session you can do at home

This cool down session includes a total of six exercises or say stretching exercises. Here are they:

1. Pecs (Chest) - 30 seconds
2. Anterior Deltoids - 60 seconds (30 seconds per side)
3. Glutes (90/90 Stretch) - 60 seconds (30 seconds per side)
4. Hip Flexor & Quad - 60 seconds (30 seconds per side)
5. Side Straddle (Stretch) - 60 seconds (30 seconds per side)
6. Forward Fold - 30 seconds

Watch the video below to see how each exercise is done. While the duration for holding each exercise is mentioned with the exercise above, you can hold for longer if you feel the need of it.

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We've said it before and we'll say it again – warming up and cooling down is SO important to help your muscles prepare for and recover from your SWEAT sesh. Here's one of our favourite cool down routines from SWEAT trainer @Kayla_Itsines. If you're not training today and don't need to cool down, this routine is still a great way get your body moving and feeling energised. This session is also a super effective way to stretch out and release any tension after a long day at your desk. Pecs (Chest) - 30 seconds Anterior Deltoids - 60 seconds (30 seconds per side) Glutes (90/90 Stretch) - 60 seconds (30 seconds per side) Hip Flexor & Quad - 60 seconds (30 seconds per side) Side Straddle (Stretch) - 60 seconds (30 seconds per side) Forward Fold - 30 seconds SAVE this cool down and log it in your planner alongside your regular SWEAT workouts for the week. Link in bio www.sweat.com/WorkoutAtHome #SWEAT #BBG #fitness #motivation #training

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You can do these stretches after your workouts every day. Try them and let us know how you feel in the comments below!

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