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Home | Health & Fitness | Exercise As we get older we will naturally start to lose our flexibility and increase the chances of injury, whether it is exercise or normal physical activity. Stretching will increase your flexibility and help prevent injury, so it's a good idea to make it part of your lifestyle, especially if you have been inactive. Try and do enough reps to completely stretch the muscle and hold all of them for 20 seconds or so on your last rep. Don't stretch to the point of pain either. I never start my day without these stretches, even if it's an off workout day. * Begin by slowly rolling your shoulders and neck. Now swing both arms separately and gently in a windmill type motion which will bring your arm past your hip each time to make the full large circle. Do it both forward and backwards. Then put your arms straight out from your sides and rotate your arms in a tight softball size circular motion. * Standing with a straight posture and feet about 2 ft. apart, put your hands on your hips and slowly lean to the left and right. Be sure to hold each lean for a short 10 second period or so. Keep your shoulders even with your butt when you do each lean. * Stand same as before, only this time you are going to move your torso in a sphere shape manner bringing your head towards your thighs, then up to make the sphere. No need to stop and hold, this one is best done deep and slow. * With an erect stance, lift your arms up towards the ceiling and carefully go up and down from heels to tippy toes while holding the stretch in the toes position for ten seconds or so. * Again with a good straight posture, bend down as far as you can and try to touch your toes. Hold, then raise up touching your hips again and raising your arms up over your head. Lower arms back down to hips then back down to toes. Repeat and always hold for a 10 second period in down position. * Find a table or counter top that is around waist high. Now stand sideways with one of your hips facing the surface. Place one hand on the surface palm down and raise the other arm above your head in a C shape like a balarina. Slowly go up on your toes while bending towards your other arm. ( This is also good for reducing love handles, so you may want to make it part of your fat burning activity routines). Once you have stretched for 5 or 10 minutes, you are ready to begin your fat burning activity routines or exercise program. Everyones bodytype is different, so be sure to only do the stretches you can perform without to much strain or difficulty. When you first begin you will feel a little stiff, but this will go away as you progress and should start feeling good. Make these stretching routines a part of your everyday life and you will not only feel better but you can now safely go about your exercise and fitness program. Deciding to become physically active or implementing a complete fitness program, may very well be the best healthy decision you've ever made. Remember, a good diet combined with quality physical activities and exercise will give you your best chance at being fit and healthy. Article Source: http://www.articlewheel.com
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