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Warming Up and Cooling Down

Warming up and cooling down are essential to a balanced and safe exercise program. With a proper warm-up and cool-down you can:

·         Make your workouts safe and easier to complete,

·         Reduce the risk of unnecessary stress on your heart and body,

·         Get you ready for your activity,

·         Improve your stamina and endurance,

·         Decrease your risk for injury,

·         Increase enjoyment of your workouts, and

·         Help you stick with your health and fitness program.

Warm-up: To prevent injury and maximize your performance, I would recommend that you begin each workout with a warm-up. The warm-up will prepare your muscles for the upcoming exertion. You will need to start by doing 5-10 minutes of gentle exercise that gradually increases your heart rate and loosens up your muscles.

Note: this should be followed by 5-10 minutes of stretching.

Cool-down: A cool-down reverses what your warm-up accomplished. It’s just as important to ease out of your workout as it is to ease into it. The cool-down returns your body to a pre-exercise level. A proper cool-down should last about 5-10 minutes and consists of moderate to mild exercise.

Note: this to should be followed by 5-10 minutes of stretching.

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