Stretching before is ok but not really necessary other than mobility and activity specific.

Really the idea of a warm up is to prepare the body for exercise (increase heart rate, blood flow and warmth into working tissues and psychologically)…. 

Purpose of the cool down is to return the body to homeostasis / normal (decrease heart rate etc) and allows the opportunity to maintain and improve flexibility through a stretching sequence. To my mind stretching afterwards is more important as it aids recovery and may help alleviate Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness.

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> Maybe the focus should be on ‘activity’ rather than ‘exercising’

Yep, but I can't change the text of the streak now, can I? haha

> And don’t forget to stretch!

Good point, I think I should stretch even without exercise more. I usually stretch before but I think stretching afterwards is also if not even more important?