Whether it’s warming up before your workout or cooling down afterwards, stretching should be a vital part of both your exercises and your daily life! Most of us are guilty of sitting at a desk, slouched over for hours of school or work, so it’s vital for us to undo those hours through stretching.
Muscle and Joint Support
Stretching will help keep your muscles flexible, which will maintain the range of motion in your joints. Stretching helps to loosen them and keep you limber. This is especially important to maintain mobility. When your muscles and joints are tight, you might strain them while moving. To prevent strain during your workouts and to prevent injury after, you should stretch the appropriate parts of your body.
A Daily Habit, A Lifetime of Change
While the effects of stretching might not be seen overnight, the strain and stress that you put on your muscles when you don’t stretch can show up at any time. Maybe you’ve been sitting poorly in a chair at your desk, or maybe you don’t move around too much during the day. Over time, you might experience pain in parts of your body such as your lower back or neck. As such, it’s important to stretch and keep yourself flexible and lessen (or prevent) these strains. Stretching can help you gain better posture, too!
Improve Your Physical Performance
Dynamic stretches as a warm up can be greatly beneficial for your muscles. Warming up your body can help prevent injuries from strain, and might help improve your performance during that workout. These are active movements where the stretch is not held in its final position. These can include lunges and leg swings. Static stretches, such as touching your toes, are more suited for cool downs.
At Active Zone, we make sure that all our classes start with a great dynamic warm-up, while including a relaxing cool down stretch and the end. Join us today for a fitter, stronger you! Our group fitness classes are for women only. You can find us in the heart of the city along Beach Road! Get in touch with us today to find out more about what we do!
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