After you’ve been training, sweated through burpees and push-ups, cranked out your intervals, finished up your long run, and put the weights back in the rack, it’s time to get home, right? While it might be tempting to finish your workout and head home, taking a few minutes to cool down can make all the difference between healthy, strong, and fit—and injured. After you’ve been training, sweated through burpees and push-ups, cranked out your intervals, finished up your long run, and put the weights back in the rack, it’s time to get home, right? While it might be tempting to finish your workout and head home, taking a few minutes to cool down can make all the difference between healthy, strong, and fit—and injured. The goal of a cool down is to keep the blood flowing post-workout.
You’ve just put pressure on your body, including the muscles, fascias, ligaments, joints, tendons, and nerves, and going from 8 x 800 meter runs or a 1 rep max for the deadlift this can be a recipe for disaster if you don’t cool down. Add on 10-15 extra minutes to make sure your body performs (and recovers) as best as it can by following this routine, courtesy of Nickademus de la Rosa, owner of Lucky 13 Endurance Coaching. Meanwhile, for the working class, fitting in a lunchtime workout is a nice way to break up a long day of sitting, but no one likes walking back into the office with a beet-red face and sweat stains.
Next time you’ve got an intense workout planned over lunch, follo.
