In Home Back Workout: Cool Down Stretch Video

It is important to slowly cool down the muscles after a workout. Learn how to do a cool down stretch from a certified trainer in this fitness video.

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Kyle Brayer is a certified trainer and a sports conditioning specialist. He is also the owner of Epic Fitness and a former U.S. Marine.

Hi, I'm Kyle Brayer. Now that you've finished your in home back workout, you need to get a adequate cool down. So hop on that treadmill or the elliptical. Get a good five minute nice, slow steady pace going and let your heart rate come down. You're at that elevated rate, so you need to bring it down softly. Control your breathing and once you're done with that we're going to begin our stretching. So we'll go back down to the floor. Like to always start out with the legs straight out in front. Some sort of lower back stretch where you're leaning forward also working those hamstrings. Reach forward, breathe into the stretch keeping those legs straight. If you want, you can drop your head, add a little more resistance. Hold for a good thirty seconds to a minute. This is a really good time to really take advantage of that stretch after you've worked those muscles. Same thing, one hand on top of the other, reaching forward, trying to reach out past those heels if you can. Breathing into the stretch, and back. We're working those hamstrings, the glutes and the lower back in these stretches. Now you're going to bring your legs together. Cross your right foot over your left, left elbow behind the right knee and stretch. Take care of that back. And of course, the same with the left. And then last we're going to get a nice cobra stretch in. So you're going to lie down on your stomach. You're going to come up almost like you're doing a push up except you're going to leave your pelvis down. This is really going to stretch out that lower back. Roll those shoulders back and breathe. Alright, and that will complete your cool down and stretching.

In Home Back Workout: Cool Down Stretch Video

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