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Top 5 Active Stretching for Legs
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Free Advanced Personal Trainer Certification Course - Top 5 Active Stretching for Legs

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Top 5 Active Stretching for Legs It becomes crucial to stretch your legs after an intense leg session in order to reduce muscle soreness and relaxing your worked-out muscle to prepare your body for the next gym session. #1 LEGS ACTIVE STRETCHING - HAMSTRING STRETCH Step 1:- Right Position Stance- Hip Width Back- Straight Chest- Up Step 2:- Start Point Raise your one leg in the forward direction and try to stabilize your body while keeping your leg straight in the forward direction. Step 3:- End Point Try to keep your leg approximately parallel to the floor (Hip flexion action) as much as possible to feel the stretch on the hamstring as well as on the whole leg muscle and hold the position for 15 seconds. Step 4:- Hold your breath for 10-15 seconds during stretching to facilitate the stretch of muscle fibers. Step 5:- Establish mind and muscle connection by focusing only on the muscle fibers of the hamstring muscles. Step 6:- Exhale & Relax. #2 LEGS ACTIVE STRETCHING - QUADRICEPS STRETCH Step 1:- Right Position Stance- Hip Width Back- Straight Chest- Up Step 2:- Start Point Bend your knee to flex/engage the hamstring muscle and feel the stretch on quadriceps muscles while keeping your knee-flexed leg off the ground. Step 3:- End Point Try to flex your hamstring muscle while moving your leg slightly in a backward direction as much as possible to feel the stretch on the quadriceps muscle and hold the position for 15 seconds. Step 4:- Hold your breath for 10-15 seconds during stretching to facilitate the stretch of muscle fibers. Step 5:- Establish mind and muscle connection by focusing only on the muscle fibers of the quadriceps muscles. Step 6:- Exhale & Relax. #3 LEGS ACTIVE STRETCHING - GLUTES STRETCH Step 1:- Right Position Stance- Hip Width Back- Straight Chest- Up Step 2:- Start Point Bend your knees and simultaneously raise your one leg as high as you can and feel the stretch on the gluteus muscle. Step 3:- End Point Try to raise your leg in this position as much as possible to feel the stretch on the gluteus muscle and hold the position for 15 seconds. Step 4:- Hold your breath for 10-15 seconds during stretching to facilitate the stretch of muscle fibers. Step 5:- Establish mind and muscle connection by focusing only on the muscle fibers of the quadriceps muscles. Step 6:- Exhale & Relax. #4 LEGS ACTIVE STRETCHING - ADDUCTOR STRETCH Step 1:- Right Position Stance- Hip Width Back- Straight Chest- Up Step 2:- Start Point Bend your knees and simultaneously raise your one leg laterally (sideways) as high as you can and feel the stretch on the adductor muscle. Step 3:- End Point Try to raise your leg in this position as much as possible to feel the stretch on the adductor muscles and hold the position for 15 seconds. Step 4:- Hold your breath for 10-15 seconds during stretching to facilitate the stretch of muscle fibers. Step 5:- Establish mind and muscle connection by focusing only on the muscle fibers of the adductor muscles. Step 6:- Exhale & Relax. #5 LEGS ACTIVE STRETCHING - CALF MUSCLE STRETCH Step 1:- Right Position Stance- Hip Width Back- Straight Chest- Up Step 2:- Start Point Raise your one leg in a forward direction slightly with the knee joint fully extended. Step 3:- End Point Keep your foot dorsiflexed and knee joint fully extended as much as possible to feel the stretch on the calf muscle and hold the position for 15 seconds. Step 4:- Hold your breath for 10-15 seconds during stretching to facilitate the stretch of muscle fibers. Step 5:- Establish mind and muscle connection by focusing only on the muscle fibers of the calf muscle. Step 6:- Exhale & Relax. For best results… - Do it after an intense leg workout. - Do 3 sets of each stretch. - Hold each stretch for 10-15 seconds. - Take 10 seconds rest between each set. BENEFITS - Releases Tension from leg muscles - Improve Leg Muscle Extensibility - Relaxes Leg Muscle after Intense workout - Prepares your body for the next workout session - Purely Safe and Injury Free Activity ================================================================== What all you need to become, great in fitness, is listed here:- Advanced Fat Loss Program:- https://imojo.in/physiqueengineerfatloss Advanced ABS Building Program:- https://imojo.in/3jp58no Advanced Weight Gain Program:- - MEN:- https://imojo.in/28qat4t - WOMEN:- https://imojo.in/2dowum7 Fitness Motivation:-  https://imojo.in/3nm4m4 Testosterone: Beat the Beast:- https://imojo.in/5h820g Immunity-Boosting Diet:- https://imojo.in/x9kggz Diabetes Controlling Diet:- https://imojo.in/DiabetesDiet Thyroid Diet:- https://imojo.in/thyroiddiet Fitness Course Video Playlist links:- https://imojo.in/3fw7s3y PCOD/PCOS Curing Program:- https://imojo.in/PCODcuringprogram ===============================================================

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