Video: Stretching Before a Run

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Stretch before a run or jog to warm muscles and get them ready for exercise. Learn stretching tips for before a run or jog from a certified physical fitness trainer in this free fitness video.

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Hi, my name is Michael Quebec and today's subject is, how to stretch before a run. Even though running does increase your body temperature, it sounds kind of strange but you have to warm up before you stretch and it's a good idea to stretch before you run. Before I run, before I run seriously, I'll do a few in place runs. Maybe a few in place low impact hops to get myself nice and warm. And then I'll do some range of motion exercises which are active stretching exercises for the glutes and ham strings. Just a few knee raises, maybe about ten, knee raises the other way, and then a few light low waist level stretch kicks. These are for the ham strings. From there I'm going to go ahead and stretch out my calves and my ham strings. I'll put one foot forward, one foot back, both hands supporting on the back leg, shifting my weight back. From there I shift my chest forward right on top of the shin; this is stretching out now my ham string. From there I'm going to go ahead and lift up the toes and reach forward to get those calves. After that, I'm going to try and balance myself grabbing and stretching this quadricep. From that, I should be in good shape now to run with a minimal risk of injury. And that is how to stretch before you run.

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Stretching Before a Run

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