Any time you embarks on a fitness program you eventually encounter stress that causes you to stray from all your healthy habits. Stress relief stretching boosts fatloss and fitness results by addressing all the symptoms of chronic stress including:
- exhaustion, fatigue, low energy
- irritability, body aches, depression
- self medicating with food, alcohol, or pills
- digestive disorders, lowered immune system, insomnia
Barbara & Jamie Templeton authors of The Complete Idiots Guide to Stretching, explain that "Stress is a natural condition of our complex and demanding lives in the 21st century. Our bodies remain in a state of continuous low-level stress". As you probably already know this can make it difficult for even the most devoted exerciser to stick to a program consistently and get great fatloss and fitness results.
Their solution to disruptive stress symptoms is a mindful stress relief stretching routine. "Stretch provides a releasing sensation, invigorating yet relaxing. Your muscles rest so you can breathe more easily. You can lower your heart rate and blood pressure as all your internal systems recharge, allowing your body to heal. You may find your attention more focused and your emotions and moods more stabilized". Incorporate their quick and easy 3 exercise stress relief stretching routine into your daily routine and you'll have an easier time getting fatloss and fitness results.
Step 1 The Complete Idiots Guide to Stretching Z Stretch: Kneel with your knees beneath your hips, your wrists directly below your shoulders, and your fingers spread. Bring your ching toward the chest, your chest toward your thighs, and your hips toward your heels. Benefits: Releases tension stored in the spinal column and surrounding muscles including low back.
Step 2 The Complete Idiots Guide to Stretching Reclining Diamond Stretch: Lie with your knees bent, the soles of your feet together, and your legs in a diamond shape. Benefits: Lengthens inner thigh and groin muscles, loosens lower body joints, massages internal organs, and strengthens low back and spine.
Step 3 The Complete Idiots Guide To Stretching Reclining Twist: Lie on your back with your arms stretched out from you shoulders in a T position, the sole of your right foot on top of your right knee, your torso twisted to the left and your han right knee moving towards your left hand. Benefits: This is one of the best stretches for wringing out tension from the spinal column, shoulders, and neck. It also releases toxins and improves blood flow and oxygen.
The Idiots Guide To Stretching also offers easy stretching routines that relieve PMS, chronic back pain, head neck and shoulder discomfort, joint and pain stiffness, plus sports stretching, senior stretching, and more.
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