cool·down

[kool-doun]
noun
a period of low-impact or slower exercise following a more intense workout to allow the body to gradually return to its normal physiological level.
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Each workout should begin with a warmup and end with a cooldown.
For many military applications and some commercial applications such long
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After the quake, the reactor had shut down and so the fuel rods had already
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