what do you feel like doing after exercise?

laureneva
laureneva Posts: 372 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
i just did a 45-50 minute walk and still feel like i can keep going for another hour or so but i know its somewhat bad to keep going until you're absolutely stuffed (and unfortunately study is a calling)

i was wondering what helps you wind down?

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  • laureneva
    laureneva Posts: 372 Member
    i just did a 45-50 minute walk and still feel like i can keep going for another hour or so but i know its somewhat bad to keep going until you're absolutely stuffed (and unfortunately study is a calling)

    i was wondering what helps you wind down?
  • Helawat
    Helawat Posts: 605 Member
    Stretching after exercise winds me down. I stopped doing free weights and elliptical at the gym by myself and for the past month and a half I've been doing cardio classes exclusively.

    After intense cardio like cardio kickboxing, cardio cabaret, or step aerobics we slow our pace and do basic yoga stretches to get us in, what I like to call after exercise, the "no fly zone."

    We do the child's, cobra, and cow , and sphinx poses and by the time we're in the corpse pose half of us are asleep :)

    Check out this link to learn more about these poses:
    http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/finder/browse_index
  • laureneva
    laureneva Posts: 372 Member
    ok cool thank you, will look into it
    one of my friends i have talked into helping me exercise is wanting to start me on yoga so that site will help a lot:bigsmile:

    thank you muchly:flowerforyou:
  • edyta
    edyta Posts: 258
    With studying waiting there for you it's even worse because you'd rather do anything else than learning - I know sth about that :laugh:

    Stretching and cool down should help but also make sure you add some intensity to your workouts as you are getting stronger. Also change routine from time to time to use other muscles - ex. switch to aerobics for a while.
  • laureneva
    laureneva Posts: 372 Member
    yeah, i have managed to get a group of my friends to help me get fit and work out (as they want to as well) and we plan on changing up the routine every so often,
    i think i'm organising a circuit course, one of them is doing yoga the other one is doing dancing, theres all these walks and hikes and all that planned so we've got the changing the routine down pat

    and yes the study... very non-progressive at the moment lol but at least mid-semesters are over for now,


    thank you for the tips:happy:
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