Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Flexibility training

An often-overlooked part of fitness, flexibility can enhance your workouts, your results and your life. On the designed days, dedicate 15-20 minutes to stretching all the muscle groups you train throughout the week. Below are some basic guidelines to follow, but you'll benefit much more by reading up on stretching and learning more than what we include here. For the following muscle groups, you can use the accompanied moves as mentioned here:
  • Back
    Upper back pull
  • Chest
    Doorway chest stretch
  • Quads/Hip flexors
    Standing quad pull
  • Glutes
    Glute stretch
  • Hamstrings
    Seated hamstring stretch
  • Biceps
    Biceps pull
  • Triceps
    Overhead triceps pull
  • Delts
    Lateral pull
  • Low back
    Trunk twist

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