Kelli’s Quick Cool Down And Stretch – Feel Good Stretching Routine For Morning Or Night

this is fitness blender’s quick cool down stretch for this quick routine we’re going to be doing one round of 10 different stretches and we’ll be holding each one of those stretches for 15 seconds let’s go ahead and get ready our first exercise is the chest cross arm swing just gently swing those arms back and forward trying to get as much stretch as you can to the front of your body and to the back of your body just about five seconds left and let’s go and switch the wide toe touches so those feet are going to come out just outside that shoulder width by about double shoulder width and then you stretch straight down in between those toes just about five seconds left and go ahead and let that relax and move on to the next one the squatting glute stretch this is a little bit difficult for balance you’re just going to cross your right leg over top of your left so that ankle is right on top of that knee and then just squat down as low as is comfortable now if you’ve never done the stretch before you might need to grab the back of a chair or lean against a wall for just a little extra balance all right let’s go ahead and switch sides same exact motion just cross that opposite leg over top of that other knee just about five seconds left and go ahead and let it relax we’re gonna go ahead and do the inside thigh stretch next spread those feet about twice to three times shoulder width apart you’re going to bend one knee keep that other leg straight and lean back towards that straight leg you should be able to feel it on the inside thigh of that straight leg if not just try to drop that hip just a little bit more on that straight leg you should feel it jump in alright let’s go and switch sides do the same thing on the opposite side just about five seconds left and go ahead and let it relax and move on to the next one the lunging hip flexor stretch so you’re just gonna go into a regular lunge one leg forward just keep that back leg straight you’re gonna dip down as low as is comfortable you should feel it to the front of that hip socket that’s where you want to feel that stretch go ahead and switch legs and do the same thing on the opposite side just about five seconds left and go ahead and let it relax all right let’s move to the next one the standing quad stretch you might need the back of a chair or a wall for this one to help you out with a little bit of balance otherwise standing nice and straight and tall you’re going to kick one foot up back behind you grab it with the opposite hand pull it up towards that butt pushing that knee back behind you all right go ahead and switch sides now the further you pull that knee back the more you should feel it in the top of that thigh in the front of that hip five more seconds and go ahead and let it relax remove the next one the side bend stretch those feet are relatively wide apart a little bit wider than shoulder width and bring one hand up over top of your head lean away from that arm down far as far as you can you should feel it all the way through that rib cage and down through that torso maybe even to the outside of the hip let’s go ahead and switch sides and do the same thing on the other side and just about five seconds left and go ahead and let it relax we’ll do the arm cross shoulder stretch next so standing up nice and straight and tall and grab one arm pull it straight across in front of that chest you’re trying to keep that arm as close to your chest as you possibly can you should feel it to the outside of your shoulder and back over top that shoulder blade let’s go ahead and switch arms same thing on the opposite arm just about five seconds left and go ahead and let that relax we’ll do the overhead tricep stretch next so reach up with that left hand reaching back towards your left shoulder grab that elbow with your right hand and pull it across and back behind you let’s go ahead and switch sides same thing in the opposite arm five seconds left and go ahead and let that relax moving to our last stretch the wall shoulder stretch so both those hands go up against the wall just a little bit above shoulder height a little bit above head height you’re going to stretch that head and chest down towards the base of that wall trying to get that chest to stretch out as much as you can you’re going to feel it to the sides of that rib cage as well as in the front of your chest and shoulder and go ahead and let it relax alright good job you just finished kelly’s quick cool down and stretch you
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