Quick Workout Cool Down | Natalie Jill

Hi, guys. Natalie, Jill here. Welcome back to Happy, Healthy and Fit. Today I'm going to take you through a quick cool down. You can do this after any of your workouts, and you want to make sure you mark this video so you can remember to come back to it after all of your workouts. Because it's so important to cool things down and stretch after your workout instead of just taking off with your day. Because if we don't take that time to slowly bring our heart rate down and stretch things out, that's when we tend to get injuries later. So mark this video and let's get ready to cool it down. If you've gotten your heart rate up high, especially you've got your heart rate up high, I want you to take it for a little bit of a motion, just stepping it back and forth, just pulling your body down. If you're outside working out, you could take it to a walk, just slowing down your pace. But before you come to a complete stop, you're just gonna slow it down. Just shaking out your arms, your legs, letting things get a little bit loose. Coming to just a slight touch and a tap. Breathing. Big breath in, big breaths out. Stop your feet. Now. Big open up. Inhale. Big exhale. Another big inhale and an exhale. And we're going to start with stretching out our upper body. So you're going to bring your arm across your body and lightly pull back, stretching out that shoulder and a little bit of your back, breathing through it. Nice. Go ahead and shift to the other side. Gentle stretch back. Really getting that deep stretch into that shoulder and that back. Nice. Then I want you to clasp your hands together and we're going to pull forward here, stretching out that back, breathing through it the whole time. Nice upper back stretch. Let your hands down. And then a bicep stretch out. Hand forward, other hand on top. Stretching out that bicep. Nice. Switch to the other arm. Same thing. Using a little pressure with your top hand, stretch out that bicep. And then we're going to move over to our triceps, the back of our arm. So arm up. Gently push back underneath your elbow. Getting a nice stretch here in that tricep. Bring it down. Other side. Same thing. Hand is flat against your back. Pushing back. Feel a nice stretch right here. Nice job. Take it on to our lower half. We're going to start with a quad stretch here. You can hold something for balance, or you can just put your hand out in front for balance. You're going to lift up right here. We're Stretching out that quadricep muscle the front of our leg. You can hold on to something, Lean on a wall or just putting your arm out for balance job. Go ahead and switch legs. Same thing on the other side. Hand out for balance. You can also use a mirror, and focusing in a mirror at how you're standing will help you stay balanced here. Good job. We're going to take one leg over the other, cross it over, and we're going to stretch out that hamstring and that glute muscle. Crossing a leg over, and you're going to bend down, reach, and that behind leg. You'll feel a stretch in that hamstring. Cross it over to the other side. Same thing. Stretching out the hamstring on that other leg. Nice job. We're going to take it all the way down to the ground. Now lay on our backs, one ankle over your knee. Here you're going to lift the other hand the other leg up and pull in. Stretching out that glute on that leg. Coming back. Feel that stretch. Deep stretch right there. Put your leg down and take that upper leg and cross it over your body. Reach your arm out. Nice lower back stretch right here. And we're going to take it to the other side. Repeat that same motion. Opposite leg over your knee. Gently press back. Pull it in. Stretch out that glute. Make sure you're taking deep breaths and breathing. Go ahead and push your leg down. Pull that other side over. Deep stretch, arm out, stretching out that lower back. Nice job. Bring it back around. Take a deep breath up. Exhale down. You did it. You finished your workout. You cooled it down. What I like to do at this point is just set an intention for my day. What do I want to happen today? My mind is clear. Yours is, too. Make sure you mark this video so you can come back because you want to cool down after all of your workouts. Bye, guys.