You heard right! The challenge this week is to work on your SPLITS!
First, let’s talk about some basic benefits of stretching:
• Stretching increases overall flexibility, which makes almost every single aspect of daily life easier, more efficient, and more enjoyable.
• Improves the range of motion in joints, which enhances both balance and stability (decreasing your risk for injury)
• If an injury does occur, a person who stretches regularly has a much faster recovery period.
• Increases circulation, which will give you more energy!
• Helps reduce muscle tension
Splits are a great way to work on hip joint mobility, hip flexor and hamstring flexibility, and many more muscles in your body.
Start by practicing the stretching exercises pictured below.
Use yoga blocks under each hand for more support.
Once you feel ready to dive in and practice full front splits, go for it!
Be gentle. Listen to your hips and hamstrings. With splits, slow and steady wins the race.
Practice daily, and you will see improvements before you know it! Hold each exercise 3 times for 30 seconds daily.
Remember to focus on your breathing.
Consistent and even inhalations and exhalations throughout flexibility training are crucial.
The muscles, tendons and ligaments will relax and lengthen when your breath is relaxed and lengthened.
Who's 'IN' for practicing SPLITS this week?
Once you feel ready to dive in and practice full front splits, go for it!
Be gentle. Listen to your hips and hamstrings. With splits, slow and steady wins the race.
Practice daily, and you will see improvements before you know it! Hold each exercise 3 times for 30 seconds daily.
Remember to focus on your breathing.
Consistent and even inhalations and exhalations throughout flexibility training are crucial.
The muscles, tendons and ligaments will relax and lengthen when your breath is relaxed and lengthened.
Who's 'IN' for practicing SPLITS this week?
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