Cool-down and stretching exercises for athletics
Prevent muscle soreness and injury after an intense athletics training session with these cool-down & stretching exercises.
Cooling down after a training session or competition is just as important for your performance as an effective warm-up programme. A warm-up prepares you for the training session, while a cool-down brings your body back to a state of homeostasis (= balance of physiological body functions). In short: your body regenerates better so you will be fit for the next training session more quickly.
Get the most out of your cool-down:
- Myofascial self-massage exercises
- Stretching exercises for athletics
Work the muscle groups you use most during sprints and jumps. These specifically include:
- thigh muscles
- glutes
- hip flexor muscles
- calf and shin muscles
Recover better
If you skip your cool-down, you miss out on a simple, well-deserved shortcut to your training progress. Plus, that post-workout massage and stretching feeling you get from an athletics session with a few intense sprints is priceless.
After each workout
You should do cool-down exercises after every athletics training session. If you don’t have a lot of time, skip individual exercises. Or only massage/stretch areas of the body that are particularly tense.
Myofascial self-massage for athletics recovery
Wadenmassage
Massage der Oberschenkel Rückseite
Gesäßmassage
Massage der Unterschenkel Außenseite
Massage der Oberschenkel Vorderseite
Hüftbeugermassage
Stretching exercises for athletics
Hüftbeuger Stretch
Downward Dog
Quads Stretch
Die Taube
Hamstring Stretch
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