The Wellness of YOU! - # 116 - Flexibility
Several of the articles lately have focused on different types of exercise for different purposes. We’ve talked about Pilates, weight lifting, bone health, cardiovascular exercise, etc. Today, let’s talk about flexibility training.
Another way of describing flexibility training is just plain, regular, everyday, ordinary stretching. This is a great way to improve your health and fits in nicely with your nutrition and weight loss program.
So many areas of your general health can be improved with some simple, daily stretches. Your posture will get better — you’ll have less back pain — your joints will be more lubricated and less stiff — and you blood flow which carries nutrients throughout your body will improve dramatically.
Once you begin to stretch out your legs, hips, and lower back muscles, you will begin to see a noticeable change in how you move and stand. It will seem as though a weight has been lifted off your back once you maintain a stretching routine for several days.
Again, and as I remind you with each of these articles, always discuss any new exercise routines with your own medical professional.
Stretching is an integral part of many exercise programs. Of course, whenever you do weight training, or cardiovascular exercise, you should always stretch your muscles both before and after your workout. Stretching is also a primary focus of such programs as yoga, Pilates and aerobics classes.
When you do flexibility training you are teaching your muscles to relax as you train your joints to move with greater ease. Making this a part of your daily nutrition and weight loss program, you will not only exercise more efficiently, you will be more effective in whatever activities are a part of your life.
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Have a great and healthy day. I’ll be back soon with some more nutrition and weight loss thoughts for you.
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Ron
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