Answer this question honestly, do you stretch after your workout? If you answered yes, great job! If you answered no, we need to talk. Stretching is as equaling important as a warm up and the benefits of stretching help mold your overall performance in future workouts.
Stretching helps improve flexibility, range of motion, decrease risk of injury, and improve movements in your joints. Incorporating stretching into your workout routine will help increase blood flow to the muscles which is an important factor in muscle repair and growth.
When do you stretch? Some people choose to stretch before their workout and other chose after and it is your body’s preference, however, dynamic stretching should be done before a workout and static is to be done after.
Static, dynamic, what are you talking about?
Dynamic stretching are movements that have momentum and are actively engaging major muscle groups.
Static stretching are movements that are done when the body is at rest. The goal is static stretches is to lengthen and hold the exercise for 8 to 10 seconds while breathing.
Here are a few stretches to get you started!
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