How to stretch after exercise

Stretching exercises after exercise can help us relax tense muscles, improve muscle fatigue caused by exercise, and get better and faster recovery. After each exercise, you can spend a few minutes to stretch your body and slowly relax it. At this time, we will feel a slight pulling sensation in the stretched muscles, ligaments, etc. Maintain each movement for more than 20 seconds, pay attention to deep breathing, and you can feel your body relaxed a lot, and some of the fatigue after exercise will be swept away.

Shoulders and waist. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, stretch your right arm toward your chest, and press your right arm with your left arm, using your left arm as a guide to rotate your waist to the left. Then change direction. Once every 15 seconds. Note: Only the upper body can be rotated, the lower body should remain facing forward.

Shoulders, triceps: Stand with feet shoulder-width apart. Raise your right arm and place it close to the back of your head. Then bend your right arm and place it behind your head. Grasp the elbow joint of your right arm with your left palm and press down to stretch it toward the inside of your body. Change direction. Once every 15 seconds.

Neck: Place one hand on top of your head and gently press your head down until you feel a stretch in your neck. Change the other direction. Once every 15 seconds.

From the above, we know how to stretch after exercise, so we must also keep in mind some key points of the action. First of all, when stretching your body, move slowly and with moderate force. Don't use excessive force, otherwise you will damage your muscles. Secondly, each stretching posture must be maintained for a certain period of time, otherwise the body will not be stretched.