Stretching??

[josharb87]

What stretches should i be doing and when in the day??

 

I know a basic few, but since i stopped kickboxing 5 years ago, ive forgotten, and my movement has really suffered, my upper body and arms have suffered the most, i used to be able to link hands really easily behind me, one arm over and behind, one arm behind and up, now i struggle to touch fingertips one way, and am about 6inchs shy the other:thumbdown:

 

Any names of stretches i can youtube?

 

Thanks!

[Lorry thompson]

Is it for streching before climbing? I don't know any always if we should I'm sure il need to start as I get older

[Tom D]

So what page of the kama sutra were you on when you did your back in?

[josharb87]

I was thinking in the morning before leaving home perhaps? Might get some funny(er) looks if stretching infront of the client!

 

Ive been thinking i should stretch for a while, then 2 weeks ago i cut and held a branch a bit too big first thing, pulled something in my shoulder which im sure could have been prevented with stretching(?) (sorted after a massage from a scantily clad swedish blonde:biggrin:)

[josharb87]

So what page of the kama sutra were you on when you did your back in?

 

Haha, the hammer drill tom

[Lorry thompson]

Aye I'm the same mate starting to get little niggles here and there bet the cold doesn't help in Sweden?

[josharb87]

Ive got age on my side though lorry! The cold has been ok so far, but i dont smoke, and the alcohol content in my blood prevents freezing:biggrin:

 

Thinking prevention is better than cure so niggles wont occur later in life . .

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

hip flexor stetch, lower back and shoulder mobility stretch also hamstring and quad stretch.

 

dynamic warmup it what olympic atheletes do first rather than static stretches.

 

prob best to go buy a book on the subject as if you strech wrong you will become less flexable.

 

pavels relax into stretch has good info in .

 

dynamic streching is what you need to do first and relax stretching after.

 

heres a vid on basic dynamic stretching.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2D5kh4X5Og]YouTube - dynamic stretching[/ame]

[Lorry thompson]

Ive got age on my side though lorry! The cold has been ok so far, but i dont smoke, and the alcohol content in my blood prevents freezing:biggrin:

 

Thinking prevention is better than cure so niggles wont occur later in life . .

 

I'm only 27 mate:lol: with me I've always been fit and everytime I get the slight twinge I hate it, I pull my back sometimes and it depresses me going on site and not working to my full potential

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

here is a very good shoulder mobility ans stretch exercises.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6V2Exzb324&feature=related]YouTube - GymnasticBodies.com - Wall Extensions[/ame]