Stretching Exercises for the Quads

Video Transcript

" Hi! I’m Angela on behalf of expertvillage.com, and right now I’m going to describe to you a way of stretching out your quads. It’s extremely important you do this before…you’re at the gym and you’re about to get on the stair stepper or you’re about to go for a run, and most of your running is up hill. Putting a lot of strain on these muscles will pull it and it’ll make it very difficult for you to walk for a up to a week most likely. What you want to do is make sure you have very good posture; your back is straight and there’s a surface where you can balance on. Then what you want to do is grab one foot, and pull it toward your buttocks so your heel is touching your buttocks. The stretch begins when you’re right arm puts pressure on this foot. You can do this for about 15-25 seconds. Make sure you put a light pressure, don’t hyper-extend the muscle like this. A lot of people do that when they’re in a rush to go running. They think they can just stretch really quickly and put a bunch of pressure on, but in all actuality it puts a lot of strain on the muscle and you’re likely to actually pull the muscle by doing that, so just very gently push. The more you stretch the more and more you’ll be able to push, but if you’re starting out just very light. If you ever feel pain anywhere else, you want to stop this pain immediately, you just want to feel a little bit of discomfort. "