Stretching Exercise To Improve Fitness

If you go through our blog or visit our other entries, than you may have surely realized how important it is to perform appropriate warm up exercises. It is very important from the point of view of any particular exercising module to have an appropriate stretching exercise session. These exercises, could include any particular stretching form. In this article we would discuss a few exercises to stretch the hamstrings and the thigh muscles.

Stretching exercises to warm up as well as prevent hamstring muscle rupture

It is a very interesting and muscular strength building hamstring stretch exercise. To perform this set of exercise, stand with your legs widely spread apart, as soon as you are sufficiently stretched with your two legs, slowly lean forward and bend until you reach down and touch the floor with your two palms. At the initial level of this exercise, you may not be completely comfortable going down, but don’t worry go slow and soon you will be able to do the exercise completely.

Once you start to touch the floor, turn to your left, and while you grab your left ankle try and respire inhaling deeply. Simply try and keep a hold of the ankle for a period of 5-10 seconds, make a repetition from the right side. Make at least 5 stretches in both the directions, once you are finished with it get back to the central stretch position, the one you were in when you began this routine, stay stretched in the central position for 5-10 seconds more. This stretch is not only a good relaxation and warming up routine, but it is also very useful in improving the strength and extension power of hamstring muscles.

Stretching exercise for the back

Make yourself stand in a comfortable, upright position. Put your hands on the hips while your feet are placed widely apart as you were for the previous stretch. Bend forward while your head is still pointing backwards, focus your eyes and head in such a way that you are trying to look at the ceiling above. It is a very good way to stretch your back. If you could hold on and make at least 10 reps in this form then you could really have a relaxed and flexible back for a fit and fine feeling throughout your day.

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