Always warm your muscles up before you stretch, and please make sure that you are healthy before you begin any exercise regiment. Okay that being said, some great warm up stretches for the chest, arms, legs and back are easy to do.
Begin by standing with your feet shoulder-width apart, and simply reach up over your head. Then fold your hands together, and bend first to the left, then to the right. Hold straight up and each direction for three to four seconds. Then reach down and touch your toes, or as close as you can get. This will stretch your arms, back and your legs. The final chest and back stretch is to stand upright or sit up straight. Then picture a nut between your shoulder blades that you have to crack by reaching your arms backward. You can look up at the ceiling with your head to increase the stretch. Hold this for up to thirty seconds, while taking deep breaths.
I will add some pictures this afternoon :) More stretches to come....
Begin by standing with your feet shoulder-width apart, and simply reach up over your head. Then fold your hands together, and bend first to the left, then to the right. Hold straight up and each direction for three to four seconds. Then reach down and touch your toes, or as close as you can get. This will stretch your arms, back and your legs. The final chest and back stretch is to stand upright or sit up straight. Then picture a nut between your shoulder blades that you have to crack by reaching your arms backward. You can look up at the ceiling with your head to increase the stretch. Hold this for up to thirty seconds, while taking deep breaths.
I will add some pictures this afternoon :) More stretches to come....
