Muscle Stretching

Muscle Stretching is very important muscle exercise to maintain a fit and strong body. It is the activity of steadily applying stretching force to tone up various muscles. The stretching of muscles helps vitalizing muscles and improving muscle movements. There are two types of muscle stretching – static muscle stretching and dynamic muscle stretching. The dynamic stretching helps bringing dynamic flexibility in muscles and static stretching helps bringing static flexibility (and dynamic flexibility partially).

The various benefits of muscle stretching include improving blood circulation and giving muscles the added suppleness to move freely. Muscle stretching perks up harmonization, stability, accuracy and makes your body muscles less prone to harm. It also improves recovery time. Muscle stretching helps advancing muscle instabilities. It also advances quicker recovery from strong workouts as it helps to get rid of poisonous substance and waste matter from the muscles. It loosens up your body, reduces stress and you just feel good.

Muscle stretching should be done properly otherwise it can hurt your muscles in the process. Your health trainer can help you in doing the stretching exercises in the most effective way. You need to perform muscle stretching exercise just for 15 minutes daily, and it will greatly help your entire body and mind as well.

Muscle stretching routine should be done before and after exercising. Muscle stretching will get your body and mind ready for the stress you are ready to put on your whole body when working out or doing any other concentrated physical action. Muscle stretching after physical exercise will help your body and brain lighten up, which is also very important. Some muscle stretching exercises are as follows:

Backbend – Place your palms flat on the ground and bend your back in both directions. This stretching exercise stretches and supples up your lower back muscles.

Slow Torso Twists – Put your hands on hips and bend (twist) left then right in sets. Make use of the forceful stretching method to stretch out your body muscles. You should be careful not to twist abruptly and do not use swinging impulses to enhance the range of twist on the muscle.

Thigh Stretch – Stretch your adductor inner as well as outer thigh muscles. Extend the front and back of the thigh quad muscles and back of the hamstring muscles. This will provide you complete range of motion for climbing motions including drop-knee and getting near to the wall with legs spread.

Modified Hurdler's Stretch – Expand one leg behind you and the other in frontage. Bend ahead and back to softly widen the quads. This type of stretching exercise helps limbering muscles required to carry out leg climbing moves including extending to reach a toehold or heel hook, or lifting your leg high for a grip.

Toe Touches – Keep your knees in a straight position and back turned. Place your feet about a meter apart. Touch your right toenails with both tips, then the left toes. Continue to extend using this dynamic stretching.