Gym Workout Cool Down

A cool-down should help your body adjust from exercise to rest. Your application of a cool-down will depend somewhat on the type of exercise you’ve undertaken. 

Some weight training workouts will follow a natural cool-down of sorts, as intensity may lesson depending upon the final exercise/s of your workout.

In circumstances where your cardiovascular system has been placed under a greater workload, a cool-down can serve to lower your pulse rate and return blood to your heart, aiding in the dissipation of waste products, such as Lactic Acid.

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Gym Workouts Cool Down

A cool-down should help your body adjust from exercise to rest. Your application of a cool-down will depend somewhat on the type of exercise you’ve undertaken.

Some weight training workouts will follow a natural cool-down of sorts, as intensity may lesson depending upon the final exercise/s of your gym workout.

In circumstances where your cardiovascular system has been placed under a greater workload, a cool-down can serve to lower your pulse rate and return blood to your heart, aiding in the dissipation of waste products, such as Lactic Acid.

This page is an extract from the Gym Professor eBook Gym Workouts - Maps to Success.

GP

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Gym Workouts - Cool Down

A cool-down should help your body adjust from exercise to rest. Your application of a cool-down will depend somewhat on the type of exercise you’ve undertaken. Some weight training workouts will follow a natural cool-down of sorts, as intensity may lesson depending upon the final exercise/s of your workout. In circumstances where your cardiovascular system has been placed under a greater workload, a cool-down can serve to lower your pulse rate and return blood to your heart, aiding in the dissipation of waste products, such as Lactic Acid.

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Warm Up

Warming-up is a sequence of exercise that precedes your workout.

If you are performing a sport or workout that is aerobic, your warm-up should prepare your cardiovascular system for the rigours of this workout or event. The warm-up should be designed to raise the body’s core temperature and be performed at a low intensity – it is not a workout in itself!

Likewise, when lifting weights, your warm-up should be relevant. You should perform warm-up sets of any exercise you are to perform. Typically, I would suggest 2 to 4 warm-up sets (starting with a very light weight) of each exercise before undertaking working sets of that same exercise. Warm-up sets will serve to locally heat the muscles in use and help to lubricate relevant joints in readiness.

For a gym workout that relates to both disciplines, such as an endurance gym workout routine with weights, I would be inclined to suggest an aerobic warm-up followed by warm-up sets, although you may warrant less warm-ups sets.

As per most subjects, warming-up is open to debate on which methods are best. As always, I would suggest adapting things to the individual and their endeavour. It should be remembered that the purpose of warming-up is to help improve performance and avoid injury.

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