If your workout is the meat of a sandwich, cooling down is that second slice of bread that completes the turkey on rye (or whatever you're having). A cooldown is needed to lower your heart rate and help prevent injury. James Shapiro, NASM-certified personal trainer and owner of Primal Power Fitness, told POPSUGAR in a past interview that inefficiently recovering from exercise [1] "can lead to muscle imbalances, which over time can hinder your mobility." That's why we were super excited when one of our favorite dance-cardio-like-you-mean-it YouTube channels, The Fitness Marshall, came out with a cooldown workout as its first video of 2020.

The short session, only 2:45 minutes long, is set to Tinashe's "Save Room For Us." Typically, The Fitness Marshall posts fast-paced, follow-along dance routines — there was this recent "Faith" workout [2], quite a few set to Lizzo songs [3], and another set to Mabel's breakup anthem [4] — but this one is slower than usual, steady, and smile-worthy (these videos always make me smile). It calls for jazz squares, body rolls, and freestyle poses. Give it a try anytime after the bulk of your HIIT, treadmill, or any other workout when you want to ease your way into a stretching [5] or foam-rolling [6] sequence.