Cool down

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    • Low intensity exercise 

      gradually decrease heart race
    • Stretching
      Mainly static stretching to decrease muscle temperature
    • Benefits
      -return body to its resting state
      -gradually lowering of the heart and breathing rates which maintains blood flow , oxygen support , co2 removal , flushes muscle with oxygenated blood to remove lactic acid and prevents blood pooling
      -stretches muscles and gradually lowers muscle temperature which realigns muscle fibres , removes waste product and limits delayed onset muscle soreness
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