10 - MINUTE
STRETCHING
FOR BEGINNERS
Susanne Berggren
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CONTENTS
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SIDE LUNGE
BENT LEG ON A CHAIR
BENT LEG STRETCH
CROSSED LEG STRETCH
ANKLE ON THE KNEE SITTING
ARMS UP
CROSSED ARMS
LOW PALM OUTSIDE
LOW PALM INSIDE
CHIN UP
HANDS BEHIND THE NECK
HANDS ON THE SHOULDERS
ARMS IN AND OUT
introduction
From childhood we are taught how important sports are, we are always moving, the energies seem inexhaustible and we are not pushed towards sport by the benefits that would derive from it, but only by the pleasure of making it an end in itself.
Or at least, so it was for the little 5-year-old me.
Having a structure and a young musculature allows
constant stresses, the stresses in turn serve to keep the young muscles in a sort of beneficial circle.
Its only in adulthood, just when the first physical ailments begin that we realize how essential sport is for our body.
Obviously, when you start to really feel the need to play sports its as an adult or as you get older, and often we already have impediments of different nature that make it difficult for us to practice, such as starting from scratch, or various work, family commitments and so on..
Muscles and tendons must keep active and any type of
practice must be constant, but taking care of your body,
taking care of ourselves at some point in our life is almost always overshadowed and obscured by the factors mentioned above, which you almost learn to endure small annoyances or pains that grip us just because you don t have time.
This is what I have found in many people who attend the
courses I teach, the problems and impediments are always more or less the same.
So I came up with the idea of this book, the idea of not allowing commitments or external factors to hinder our physical well-being with a not particularly demanding practice such as stretching, which allows us to have benefits even with just 10 minutes per day.
the purpose of this book is to show how we can use this
short amount of time in the downtime we have throughout our days to develop our flexibility, keep our muscles toned and young, as well as heal and prevent soreness withMexercises targeted to every part of the body and to any specific muscle group.
In part 1 we will get start to know this practice in a scientific way, the various types of stretching, which ones are suitable for us and which not, how to understand it and what results to expect.
In the part 2 we will see how to perform the exercises
with detailed step-by-step explanations and clear illustra- tions, divided between the different parts of the body, the various muscle sections and how and when to perform some of them in dynamic mode.
While in the third we will have some useful warm-up exerci- ses, how to organize our routine according to our needs, to our sensations thanks to standard routines developed with a gradual increase in the level of difficulty, which we can both practice and customize to our pleasure.
Easy-to-use is the key of this guide, anyone can enjoy the benefits of stretching and start to hugh a pain-free life!
PART
KNOWLEDGE
CHAPTER
W H A T S T R E T C H I N G I S ?
Stretching is basically the most natural and unconscious gesture that we perform especially as soon as we wake up. We stretch the muscles that, during the hours of rest, have stiffenedand shortened.
Its therefore an innate need tostretch to prepare the body for a new day.
Its a practice that consists of muscle extension by performing stretching and joint mobilization exercises, in this case simple, in order to keep the body in a good state of shape and health.
It can be performed in all age groups and at all levels, both in company and in solitude, both at home and in the park, requiring no special equipment other than the classic yoga mat or little else.
Being versatile, easy to execute and with different forms of exercises for anyone, makes it one of the most practiced activities.
In sport, stretching plays a fundamental role in almost all disciplines, used during training, during recovery between one exercise and another, warm-up or at the end of a competition.
ORIGINS
Stretching arrived in Europe from the United States several decades ago on the wave of aerobic gymnastics, of the culture of leisure and body care.
However, its argued that even earlier, this practice has oriental origins and roots.
In fact, its from these populations that the idea of concentrating on sensations related to ones body derives.
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