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Meta: Warm-up and cool-down are very important for a healthy workout. They help prepare your body for the actual exercise and relaxation once you’re done.
Imagine how it would feel like waking up and starting your morning run immediately without even stretching. In this case, you will be doing your body more harm than good in the process.
Pre-workout warm-ups and post-workout cooldowns are some of the essentials of a healthy workout. Below are some of the reasons why you should never skip this process during workouts.
Warming up before training helps to prepare your brain for what is to come next. It allows your mind to focus entirely on your body's activities and what’s happening. This way, you can enhance your overall performance during workouts, and improve your body coordination, skills, and flexibility. This is quite important if you want to achieve maximum results. If you are a morning person, then pre-workout warm-up is a recipe for a healthy workout that you should follow.
Your muscles need to be ready for that morning run, or if it's the gym, you’re hitting. Warming up first will help dilate your blood vessels to allow for proper blood flow to the muscles. This blood is responsible for the transportation of oxygen to the muscle tissues, thus ensuring efficiency. Improved blood flow will also raise your muscles' temperature, thus increasing their flexibility and optimizing their functioning. How else would you achieve a healthy body workout if your muscles aren’t at their optimum levels?
Indulging your body in some rigorous exercises without any prior warm-ups for preparation can cause your heart to experience some shock. This rigorous impulsive activity by the body will result in a sudden rise in the heartbeat. It’s like telling your brain that you’re in danger, and so the body needs to produce some adrenaline to counter the situation causing the heart to beat rapidly. However, with pre-workouts, you will be able to raise your heartbeat at a steady pace, thus avoiding heat stress. A healthy workout routine means taking care of your overall body functionality as opposed to jeopardizing your health.
Your body needs to be ready in advance for the rigorous activity it’s about to indulge in; otherwise, you may end up with some severe joint and muscle pains. Having muscle pull and sprained ankles is very common, especially if you’re a sprinter and toss yourself in the running field without stretching first. Cooldown exercises are equally important in preventing injuries. Remember, the heart already got used to pumping blood rapidly, so if you stop suddenly, you might experience some light-headedness or even faint in the process. Why submit yourself to all this torture when you can have a healthy workout without injuries?
Recovering from that intense workout you’ve just had cannot happen in an instant. The rapid heart rate and blood flow, which occurs when exercising, will need some cool-down exercises to lower them back to normal. Post-training activities are essential for a healthy workout recovery because they help speed the recovery process.
Have you ever exercised or going to the gym and then the next day felt like quitting? It’s prevalent to experience some delayed onset of muscle soreness. The pain can make you very uncomfortable. However, if you practice healthy workout habits such as post-exercise cool down, you won't have to worry about any extreme pain. The following day, you can quickly rebound back to the gym or whichever workout you prefer.
Typically, warm-ups should last between 5 to 10 minutes before proceeding to the central exercising part. While warming up, make sure you engage your body; this is important for healthy workouts. Engaging all your body will make you prepared for whatever activity you will be doing and its intensity. It is equally important that you carry out your warm-ups at a gradual pace, slowly increasing the speed and time. This will help with muscle strains, especially if you are carrying out intense workouts.
For cool-down exercises, it is still essential to carry them out at a gradual pace, but here you will be reducing the speed and intensity. Proper timing is required for healthy workouts when doing your post-exercise cooldowns. Don't go below 10 minutes. The type of cool-down exercise you do will depend on whatever activity you did, so don't just go for any random relaxation exercise.
Workouts are essential; besides the health benefits, they also ensure that you maintain fitness and are in good shape. One of the most important principles of working out is the ability to manage time. So if you can’t carry out the pre-workout stretching and post-workout cooldowns due to lack of enough time, then you might be having an issue with time management. To bounce on and off your workout activities, you must have a healthy workout routine, which includes warm-ups and relaxation exercises.
Do you have any specific pre-workout and post-workout exercises for your daily workout routine? Kindly share your comments with us!
Author's bio: The author's name is Thomas Nemel.Thomas also is an author on gym-expert.com and he is sure about having a useful guide for your workout will help with the body's overall performance. He loves to share his knowledge by writing to engage other people to improve their lifestyles.
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