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What is Cool-Down?
Gentle activity after exercise to gradually lower heart rate and aid recovery.
In context
Cool-Down is a key concept in training. Gentle activity after exercise to gradually lower heart rate and aid recovery. Knowing what it means — and how it connects to the rest of your training — turns it from jargon into something you can actually use in the gym.
Nishaana is built around ideas like this: it tracks the numbers behind them automatically, so the theory shows up as real progress in your logbook rather than staying abstract.
Related training terms
Common questions.
What does cool-down mean?
Gentle activity after exercise to gradually lower heart rate and aid recovery.
What category does cool-down belong to?
Cool-Down is a term from training in strength and fitness training. Browse more training terms in the Nishaana glossary.
Why does cool-down matter for training?
Understanding cool-down helps you train and program more deliberately — it is one of the ideas that separates guessing from a real, repeatable system.
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