Stretching the Inner Thighs After a Cross Country Race

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Peter with Expert Village. Today I'm going to talk to you about competitive cross country running. In this section we're going to talk about another stretch that you want to do immediately after you finish running. All you want to do is have one leg which ever leg you want stay at a still position so you're a little bit past shoulder length apart. The other foot just take it out and make sure that your foot is aligned straight so you don't want your foot aligned this way at a 45 degree angle. You just want it 90 degrees and solid position into the ground, the heal and your toe. Then the other foot you are just going to basically lean on it. You should feel an entire enter thigh stretch and that is very very important and especially as a competitive cross country runner. Because when you're running that is definitely one of the major muscle groups that you are using when you are running. So you don't want to pull on anything the next time you go out and hit the road or pavement or any course that you may be doing. Then for the other side you do the same exact thing so the foot is perpendicular it's 90 degrees not like this and it's not like that, it's just straight like that and then you just lean. Nice slow movement you don't have to be anything intense and for about 30 seconds to a minute, that's it."