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What are the three phases of exercise?

National Academy of Sports Medicine
National Academy of Sports Medicine
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Three key phases to exercise are the warmup, training, and the cool down.

During the warmup you ready the body for what’s to come. In the middle phase, you perform the strenuous work. And in the cool down period, you bring your body back to a resting state.

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