Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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stretch, rest etc.....

Kasper
Kasper
Posts: 153
Joined: 2002/08/30
United States
2002/11/16, 10:28 PM
I had a similar topic before this one but no one replied and I think its on page 5 now or somewhere around their so I thought i'd ask again. Does anyone have a site where I can go to that show all the kinds of stretching you can do and covers all the muscles. Also what is a rotator cuff warmup(a link to it would be nice)? And before I workout I stretch for only about 3 minutes counting for 20 seconds on each stretch is 3 minutes too short, and should I stretch again after each workout?

effalunt
effalunt
Posts: 333
Joined: 2002/10/17
Canada
2002/11/18, 01:43 AM
Personally, I think that stretching is way too important to be done from a book. Book yourself an hour with a reputable trainer who will explain and demonstrate everything for you. It's way too easy to injure yourself if you're going by pictures! You need to know how a stretch should feel as well as how it looks. Also, are you warm before you stretch? You need to be! As a side note, a thorough stretch sequence takes me 20 minutes, but I'm training for flexibility. Take at least 10 minutes, stretching is a good time to focus on your goals for the workout. A light stretch after your workout may help you from feeling 'tight-muscled' the next day. Good luck.

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Kasper
Kasper
Posts: 153
Joined: 2002/08/30
United States
2002/12/22, 05:38 PM
a friend gave me a site to most of the exercises before, but i had to refromat and i lost the link, can anyone give me a link