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Posts Tagged ‘Cool down’

Rethinking the cool down AND XC coach at University of Houston

By stevemagness

The Cool down- what does it do? I’ve contemplated for a while writing about the role and function of cooling down after a workout or race, but never I have never fully been able to put all the pieces together to do so.  The cool down seems like such a normal/given thing.  It’s a rite…

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