Cooling down

Cooling down (also known as limbering down or warming down) is the transition from intense physical activity to a more typical activity level. A typical cool-down activity after a workout might involve a jogging slowly or walking for a few minutes. Cooling down allows the heart rate to return to its resting rate.

Overall, the process has little or no effect on short-term or long-term benefits, such as delayed-onset muscle soreness or injury prevention.^[1] However, many athletes say that they subjectively feel better if they have engaged in a cool-down activity.^[1]