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Cool-down
The importance of cooling down is often overlooked. However cooling down is important for recovery. Below are tables corresponding to muscular and cardio-vascular activity.
| Muscular | |
| Implication | Explanation |
| Prevention of muscle damage | Allows the muscle to cool down slowly not suddenly |
| Good time for flexibility work | Muscle is already warm and elastic |
| Cardio-vascular | |
| Implication | Explanation |
| Removal of lactic acid | Increased blood flow helps metabolise lactic acid |
| Removal of CO2 | Increase blood flow helps to remove the CO2 via the lungs |
| Prevention of blood pooling | Maintains venous return by the action of the muscle pump |
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