How to Improve your Flexibility

Stretching can make your workouts more powerful and reduce your likelihood of stress fractures or tendonitis. The more you work out the stronger you are becoming, the tighter you will get. Stretching will prevent burn out and will keep you feeling better;

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• fresh air or five foot diameter

Understand the types of stretches

1. We exercise to relieve tension, clear our minds and refresh through proper respiratory breathing; stretching is a great way to scale into a great workout- when I go running without stretching I can tell I have just spent a lot of time sedentary or without proper periods of deep breathing and excercise- that is to say, I am working out but not breathing efficiently - to a guy just starting you will realize wow I'm outta shape and quit; to the intelligent beginner the situation merits a second look. If you try stretching and holding for ten seconds, what you are doing is insisting you do one thing, breathe and let your body relax its sedentary muscles, the blood flows to those areas and your breathing will start a warm up
2. I start with the quacricep. If you're near a tree or something grab it with one hand and grab the opposite ankle and pull your quad back gently, we're not trying to see how far we stretch just natural stretch; when you stretch contract the opposite muscle, the hammy; when you stretch the ankle and calf, contract the opposite muscle, the quad. Remember to stretch upper and lower body; the back shoulders and arms all exert during a work out.
3. Before running take five to stretch and take five to warm up, five to ten situps or five to ten push ups. arguably twenty seconds of each- your blood is flowing and your body will want to move at a clip- start your work out