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Your flexibility is mostly determine by your genetic factors. To increase flexibility it's
important to stretch on a daily basis. The time to stretch, well, mostly after you workout
when your muscles are warm, oxygenated and pliable and ready to stretch. Many of us ignore
stretching and think, "oh, I'll do that later". It's very important that whatever you strengthen
in your muscle groups should be stretch. Stretching helps bring nutrition to the joint and helps
to prevent risk of injury later on. Some typically tight areas to stretch would be the trapezius
muscles, the chest, the hamstrings, the quadriceps, all those major muscle groups that you use
during your workout really need some good stretching. How long do you stretch? Each
muscle group should be stretch for about ten to thirty seconds. You should breath properly
through your stretching, never holding your breath and go to the point where you feel
an intense, feel the intensity of the stretch but never pain. So again stretching the hamstrings,
which are the back of the thighs, the quadriceps, the calf muscles, the back, the chest, the
shoulders, all of those places that typically feel tight. This is Alice Monsaert encouraging
you to get up, get active and include flexibility in your daily program.