Read this on a Sports Science Paper a bit back. Warm down stretch or cool down or nothing, Answer. None of them makes any difference, that came as a shock to me :roll:.
Stretches mainly, first dynamic then static. Haven't really noticed much of a difference in terms of soreness/recovery myself but the stretching needs to be done anyway for flexibility and it's the perfect moment as it needs to be done with warm muscles.
There is a reason swimmers swim 800mtrs cool down after swimming a 1500 mtr race . Lactic acid is converted back to energy. Warm up and warm down are the most important part of training!
We do dynamic stretching, and warmdown anyway. But Scientific Papers I listen to, they usually are spot on, but not always. Lactic is a very important energy source whatever the event over 90 secs, thats not the question, all Im saying is the answer surprised me, According to the Paper warm down or such doesnt aid the Shuttle.
Science has there head up there ass! For the longest time they claimed Roids had no effect. Try not warming down . Horse and trotting trainers have been using warm ,warm down for 100 years. Vets knew pigs got stomach ulcers from bacteria for 50 years before Humans gave up the idea it was the result of stress. Science! I could find you a recent paper that states that lactic acid is converted back to energy by warming down. I prefer to watch what swimmers have done for far longer than most human athletes.
The Heart, works more efficiantly for swimmers, than other Athletes because of surrounding and position.
