Are You Stretching?

BENEFITS OF FLEXIBILITY

Being Flexible improves your balance and gives you full range of motion. It will relieve tension in the problem areas like upper and lower back, hips and glutes, hamstrings and quads. It also helps reduce cramping up when blended with enough water intake. Anytime you need to bend over, reach for something high, practice most sports especially golf, tennis and bowling, and even getting in and out of the car then stretching will make everything easier for you to do. Stretching in the morning can get your oxygen moving through your blood to help wake up the body. Stretching can also help you relax after a long hard day of work and kids. It promotes relaxation and is an excellent way relieve stress without taking up too much time in your day.

Flexibility training creates less resistance in tissues throughout the body. It actually increases the elasticity in your muscle and skin tissues. It improves your poster by realigning the soft tissues throughout the body that have adapted over time with bad poster habits. It promotes healthy blood flow by increasing its temperature to help it move freely to important muscles groups and especially joints. It helps carry nutrients to your muscle tissue for growth and overall endurance and also releases joint lubrication and sends nutrients through your cartillage to prevent joint related issues.

Stretching on a daily basis is by far one of the most important factors to overall health. But when should we stress? I've learned that if i start off with a light jog or brisk walk for about 5-10 minutes, it gets my muscles warm and increses blood flow. So stretching after I'm all warmed helps me not feel so tight when starting to stretch. Stretching should be relaxing and comfortable. Not difficult and straining. Its also meant to promote flexibility to give full range of motion to joints and muscles. So stretching before the actual workout is a great way to maximize the benefits of the routine. Then make sure to stretch afterwards to promote a healthy recovery.

It also helps with muscle memory and improves overall coordination of muscle movements. Reduces risk of injury throughout the workout and daily life because the muscles are more pliable. It improves overall performance of HIIt, Cardio, Weight Lifiting, Yoga, Stress Free Day, Sleeping, Joint movement and regular daily activities. If you can't stand up, bend over and touch your toes with ease. Then your not flexible. So stay intune for all different kinds of stretches to maximize and target not only specific joints and muscle groups, but whole body flexibility exercises.