My coach today told me that cooling down at the end of practice was not good for the body. He said it could rip muscles that were just worked. I have always been taught that the cool down was important, especially after working hard and getting the heart rate up.
Keep in mind that this is an USA-S practice and those I'm swimming with are teenagers.
I'm curious what others think?
I usually do an easy 200 IM focusing on long efficient strokes and mixing in a little bit of drill. So, even if the cool down does nothing for me physically, at least I'm working on improving my stroke in some way.
My cooldown has a similar focus. This is when I do my long axis stroke drills (especially catch up) and focus on DPS and technique. (I never swim fly or *** during cool down, because they get my heart rate up to high!)
I usually do an easy 200 IM focusing on long efficient strokes and mixing in a little bit of drill. So, even if the cool down does nothing for me physically, at least I'm working on improving my stroke in some way.
My cooldown has a similar focus. This is when I do my long axis stroke drills (especially catch up) and focus on DPS and technique. (I never swim fly or *** during cool down, because they get my heart rate up to high!)
