When we think of getting healthy and staying fit generally I believe our minds dwell on exercise and nutrition. Often, there are those of us who cannot exercise vigorously for various reasons of health conditions, weight or age. I had a chiropractor who I greatly respected and loved (he fixed my back aches!) who told…
Stretching – Introduction and Basic Tips
Stretching is one of the most important tools for maintaining optimal health and fitness. Stretching is essential for maintaining flexibility and helps prevent muscle stiffness, tightness, pain, and injuries. When muscles are not stretched on a regular basis they become tighter, shorter, and ultimately decrease in range of motion. If stretching is not used to…
Best Stretches Before You Work Out
Static Stretches before a workout are not ideal for before your workout. They are compared to trying to stretch a brand new piece of gum, they rip. The gum that’s wet and chewed will stretch a lot more than its counter part. So active stretching before a work out is ideal. The top 5 active…
Sports and Fitness • Basketball Benefits of Stretching
The body is flexible. It is supposed to be flexible. You have to be able to bend and reach something you dropped on the floor, or reach that book you need to read at the top shelf. But if your in sports like basketball, you need to be able to do more then stretch. Your…
Basic Facts About Stretching
There are plenty of advantages to stretching – provided you do it right. Stretching keeps your muscles flexible and healthy, and helps keep your body young. It even helps prevent certainkinds of muscular degeneration. One of the primary components of keeping fit is to keep your muscles flexible. It dispenses with stiffness – which is…
Hort but sweet: 10-minute or less workouts for busy people
Even the busiest bee needs to get a workout now and then. But how can you squeeze a fitness routine in your schedule when all you have available is just several minutes? Don’t fret, there are 10-minute or less workouts for even the busiest people. Go for high intensity High-Intensity interval training, or sometimes called…
Martial Arts Flexibility – Doing the Splits is Easy With Pnf Stretching
Are flexibility exercises a real pain for you? Until I discovered something called PNF Stretching, they used to be for me, too! It means, “Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation.” Fancy words that, in essence, mean you make dramatic gains in how limber you are when you combine relaxed, passive stretches with isometrics. Yes, dramatic gains. Believe me–I…
Quick Abs – Importance of Stretching
When people talk about getting quick abs, they often discuss exercises for abs, abs exercise equipment, or an ab diet. And these are all very important topics. However, people often forget another very important ingredient for getting quick abs: stretching. Yes, stretching. I know it’s not sexy, but stretching is an incredibly important aspect of…
Stretching Exercises – Your Upper on Down Days is to Start With Stretching Exercises
Stretching exercise benefits are often overlooked in the fitness world. Many older cultures and civilizations use the power of stretching for their overall wellness. Exercises such as yoga and tai chi use stretching for benefits of the doer. This taken with breathing techniques makes stretching one of the most invigorating exercises ever known to man….
Yoga Stretching Exercises and Beyond
Yoga is an age old science with millions of followers worldwide. It is known to help an individual develop physically as well as spiritually. It boosts the immunity of the practitioner and makes the body very flexible. Yoga stresses on a combined mental and physical development. All the yoga poses are nothing but stretching exercises…