11/12/2025
Too cool to cool down?
What I see time and time again is that people often skip their warm ups and cool downs when exercising. How do I know? Because they end up on my table with pain or an injury. Look, I get that many of us are limited with personal time especially when we have a ton of responsibilities.
But it’s not about limited time.
It's about a frame of mind.
Instead of compartmentalizing warm up, exercise and cool down,
Think to yourself..
Warm up, exercise and cool down are ALL Part of doing a WORKOUT.
Warm Up = Body Preparation
Exercise = Body Exertion
Cool Down = Body Recovery
Here’s an example: ,
60 mins workout = 10 min warm up, 40 min exercise, 10 min cool down.
Et voilà.
Obviously the time breakdowns can be adjusted according to the goals of your exercise.
Just remember why we do these.
The purpose of a warm up is to prevent injury by heating up the muscles, loosening up the joints and increasing blood flow. This is usually done through movements to activate the targeted areas that will be performing the more intense exercise.
The purpose of a cool down is to help the body recover after exercise. This is usually done by stretching the performing muscles and taking slow and steady breaths to safely bring the heart rate down. This promotes flexibility, muscle repair and transitioning the body back to a resting state.
Be more like my dog Coco. It’s cool to be injury free.
