How to Increase Arm Flexibility

Many people understand the importance of exercise for healthy life and weight loss management, but not all realize how important stretching is to increase flexibility. If you lift weights or do push-ups, you should consider arm stretching to lengthen the arm muscles after they shorten due to exercise.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Incorporate arm stretching into your daily routine to increase flexibility. Stretch in the morning to wake up the arm muscles and continue to stretch throughout the day at work for a few minutes. Replace coffee, snack or smoking breaks with a stretching break at your desk.

2. Consider including elements of yoga, dance and martial arts because they all include stretching as a major component. Join a gym that offers stretching programs.

3. Include bicep and triceps stretches on your own. To stretch the bicep or forearm, extend the right arm then with the left arm pull the fingers back toward the body at the tips. You should feel the stretch in the front upper part of the arm. Hold the stretch for 10 to 30 seconds and repeat on each arm for at least three reps each.

4. Stretch the triceps by bending one arm so the fingers touch the middle of the top of the back and the elbow is slightly higher than the adjacent ear. Use the other arm to pull the elbow up and back toward the back. You should feel this stretch in the back of the arm. Hold each stretch for 10 to 30 seconds and do at least three reps each to improve arm flexibility.

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