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?
My current coach always implores the group to warm down at the end of practice, but most of the kids seem to do about a 50, 100 tops. I try to get in 200 if there's time. My only evidence that's it's actually beneficial is that it makes me feel better. Barring any evidence to the contrary that's good enough for me!
My current coach always implores the group to warm down at the end of practice, but most of the kids seem to do about a 50, 100 tops. I try to get in 200 if there's time. My only evidence that's it's actually beneficial is that it makes me feel better. Barring any evidence to the contrary that's good enough for me!
