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If you’re determined to get in shape with the Insanity, P90X, or any other specific workouts that you perform, you will need to learn how to properly stretch. Stretching is very important but most people tend to jump right into the workouts without properly getting ready. Your body will not be warmed up and so it can be a big problem if you are going to be doing workouts that require movement, which they all should. Here a few factors that you should focus on before you start to do your workouts.
How To Properly Stretch
You must learn how to properly stretch to ensure that your body is ready to do the movements. This means that your stretches should be a combination of static ballistic stretching. A static stretch is your typical “bend over and touch your toes” stretch and ballistic is stretching with movement like swimmers do right before they jump in a pool. They swing their arms in front of them to spreading them wide to their sides in steady motions. Try to emulate the movements that you will be doing in your workout and try to just get a feel for the exercise. When you learn how to properly stretch, it will help the blood to start flowing and have your muscles warmed up for results.
Why You Should Never Stretch Cold Muscles
In learning how to properly stretch, it is important to not stretch cold muscles as they are just not ready to be stretched. Warming up for 5 -10 minutes before you stretch is key because it not only loosens up your muscles to get it in position for optimal stretching, but it also will enhance your performance. Take your time with warming up and never rush into any workout.
Here are some other benefits of stretching properly:
• Increases your awareness
• creates efficient flow of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems
• Improves the elasticity and how your muscles contract
• Improves your coordination
The dangers of not stretching properly when exercising
The most obvious reason why you need to learn how to stretch properly is to lower your risk for injury, but there are other reasons that will convince you to focus on stretching. When you don’t stretch, you will be at risk of lacking performance and not being able to perform to your potential. Most athletes will admit that they feel tight if they don’t stretch, and will be worse if they perform after stretching “improperly”.
The key is to focus on being able to learn the right stretches for your certain activity so that your body will be primed and ready for the specific movements and angles your body will be performing. In programs such as P90X and Insanity and all other Beachbody programs, they take you through about 5-10 minutes of warm up first and then guide you thoroughly through each and every stretch that is helpful for the specific workout about to be done.
Dynamic stretching is the key to getting in shape and will be the backbone to your future success. If you are serious about being able to perform your exercise routine correctly, you will need to understand the importance of stretching properly. Also,don’t forget to stretch your muscles after your “Cool Down” as your muscles will be really loose afterwards and in the best situation possible to get that benefit of stretching to maximize your result.
This will keep you in the right state of mind to ensure that you will get the best results from these programs. These programs will work for anyone, as long as you do the right things. This is why stretching is something that you must give a lot of attention to because it will give you the best chance at seeing the best results from the programs. If you learn how to properly stretch, you will lower your risk of injury and obtain the best results possible given that you follow the workouts and nutrition guide as well.
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