Talk:Cooling down

usage
help? is "warming down" a regional usage?--little Alex 06:12, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

i would say so. not for sure. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.228.160.173 (talk) 18:58, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

What region(s)? To me (South Central England - Berkshire) it's a usage that seems newish (last 2-3 decades maybe: probably escaped from specialist usage slightly post-2000) but now established in use at my kids' school and in general / lifestyle magazines etc.  95.149.131.76 (talk) 01:49, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

Cramp and Soreness vs DOMS?
The article says "Cooling down helps remove lactic acid which can cause cramp and stiffness and allows the heart rate to return to its resting rate. Contrary to popular belief, cool down does not appear to reduce delayed-onset muscle soreness.". This seems contradictory. What is DOMS if not cramp and stiffness? --Irrevenant [ talk ] 03:37, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm no expert but the operative word here is I believe 'delayed'. Delayed onset muscle soreness may explain the problem, it says that lactic acid is no longer tough to contribute to DOMS. However cramp occurs much sooner and is a different thing entirely. Dmcq (talk) 08:52, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

I think it is important to discuss muscle soreness in two categories. DOMS is caused by muscle damage and peaks at about 48 hours after exercise, and therefore is not affected that much by cooling down. However, the accumulation of lactic acid in the muscle causes "stiffness" shortly after the workout and up to 12-24 hours after the workout. If you can remove this lactic acid, then you can prevent this stiffness right after the workout. I believe lactic acid can be converted back to pyruvate and metabolized by the muscle, or excess lactate that has spilled over into the blood can then be more efficiently circulated back to the liver where it can be converted to glucose via the process of gluconeogenesis. So, circulating a higher level of oxygen to the muscle and helping the body circulate blood back through the system via the skeletal muscle pump and the respiratory pump are important aspects for removing lactic acid and preventing muscle "stiffness" via a cool-down. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:7:A80:110F:3D73:FB5B:BD60:221F (talk) 13:29, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Heart rate? Dizziness?
The second paragraph of this Wikipedia article begins with the sentence: "Cooling down allows the heart rate to return to its resting rate." What information is this meant to convey? Surely it can't be suggesting that if an athlete doesn't perform a cool-down exercise, that their heart rate will not return to its resting rate.

The next (and final) sentence in the paragraph is: "Additionally cooling down may reduce dizziness for professional or serious athletes and vocal performers after strenuous workouts." Is that true? The reference cited here is a paper titled "The Effect of Warm-Up and Cool-Down Exercise on Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness in the Quadriceps Muscle: a Randomized Controlled Trial", which mentions neither resting heart rate nor dizziness. Referring to vocal performers is bizarre, as the paper is about "intensive leg resistance exercise".

Does cooling down have any purpose or value? I still can't tell. 2601:602:A080:1240:412A:7130:D2DE:FF71 (talk) 04:16, 29 June 2023 (UTC)