Workout Recovery | The Post-Workout Cool Down Walk: An 11-Minute 1,100 Steps Nervous System Reset

Thank you for listening! If you enjoy this, please explore our other shows: OLDPodcast.com And join our free weekly newsletter to get a 200+ page workbook PDF to optimize your life (and the opportunity to get a beautiful hardcover version shipped to you absolutely free!): OLDPodcast.com/newsletter The workout ends, but your body is still running hot. This 11-minute guided meditation walks you down from effort to ease, letting your heart rate, your breathing and your nervous system catch up with the fact that you are done. It is the part of training most of us skip. Safety note: Keep your eyes open and stay aware of your surroundings. Your safety always comes first. Follow the audio only as far as it's safe to do so. What you'll explore: How a slow walk brings your heart rate down more gently than stopping cold. The way long exhales tell your nervous system that the effort is over. A body scan that catches the muscles still braced from the work you just did. How to get the most out of this walk: Start this within a few minutes of finishing, while your body is still warm. Keep the pace easy and conversational, well below anything that feels like training. Step Into Calm is a daily walking meditation podcast where each episode is a short guided meditation to help you build mindfulness, ease stress, and find calm, clarity, and focus in just 10 to 15 minutes a day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices