4 Ways to Cool Down After Jazzercise

1. Stretch It Out

The best time to stretch is after a workout. Your muscle are warmed up and ready to be more flexible. Relax as you stretch out your muscles during the cool down. Breathe deeply, in through your nose and out through your mouth. Move slowly into the stretches. Focus on the muscles that you worked out during your Jazzercise routines, especially your hamstrings, calves, shoulder and back muscles. Bouncing and jerking during stretching leads to injury, instead let gravity be your force factor to stretch your muscles.

2. Keep Tabs on Your Heart Rate

Check your heart rate regularly as you cool down from your Jazzercise class. You want your body to come out of exercise mode slowly. You can prevent yourself from workout side effects by monitoring your cool down. Dizziness, nausea and cramping do not occur when you lower your blood pressure with a controlled cool down. Your body will return to its normal heart rate sooner with regular exercise.

3. Slow Down Your Favorite Moves

Enjoy your cool down as much as the Jazzercise class. Pick your favorite steps and tone them down. Slow the tempo and reduce the effort you put into the step. If you do your favorite steps with the step bench, try using the same step without the bench for your cool down. This is a great way you can use your favorite Jazzercise moves to lower your heart rate, promote flexibility and prepare to move on after class. However, even a basic march or walking in place will do the trick.

4. Start to Rehydrate

Your cool down session is the perfect time to rehydrate. Sip at some water slowly. Your body is worked up now and ice cold water can shock your system. Cool water rehydrates you without putting your heated system into shock. You will need to continue to drink water well after you work out. Your next stop may be the shower. Resist the urge to put the water on cold full blast. Just like the cool down at the end of your work out, ease into things slowly. Lukewarm is just right after a hard workout.