Overhead lunge
May 11th, 2023 5:05 PM Mr. Q Categories: Stretching
The standing overhead lunge stretch is a dynamic stretch that targets the legs, hips, and shoulders. This stretch involves a lunge position with one arm reaching overhead, which lengthens and stretches the entire body. Proper Form: How to Reduce Difficulty: To reduce difficulty, perform the lunge with a smaller range […] Read more »
Back stroke
May 11th, 2023 5:01 PM Mr. Q Categories: Stretching
The standing backstroke stretch is a dynamic stretch that targets the shoulders, upper back, and chest muscles. Proper form: How to reduce the difficulty: If this stretch is too difficult, you can do the same motion with your arms at a lower starting position, such as at waist height. How […] Read more »
Arm cross
May 11th, 2023 4:59 PM Mr. Q Categories: Stretching
This stretch targets the shoulders and upper back. Proper form: How to reduce difficulty: To make the stretch easier, you can use a towel or strap to hold onto your elbow. How to increase difficulty: To increase the stretch, you can use your other hand to gently push your elbow […] Read more »
Breast stroke
May 11th, 2023 4:56 PM Mr. Q Categories: Stretching
The Standing Breast Stroke stretch targets the chest, shoulders, and upper back muscles, helping to improve posture and flexibility. Proper form: How to reduce the difficulty: How to increase the difficulty: Reps: Estimated time for exercise: 1-2 minutes Read more »
Arm swings
May 11th, 2023 4:53 PM Mr. Q Categories: Stretching
The arm swing is a dynamic stretch that helps to increase the range of motion in your shoulders and warm up your upper body muscles. Here’s how to do it: To reduce the difficulty, you can perform the arm swing with lighter weights or slower and with smaller swings. To […] Read more »
Arm Circles
May 11th, 2023 4:51 PM Mr. Q Categories: Stretching
Arm circles are a dynamic stretching exercise that helps to increase range of motion and loosen up the shoulder joints. This exercise involves moving the arms in circular motions in both directions. Proper form: How to reduce the difficulty: To reduce the difficulty, perform smaller circles and limit the range […] Read more »
Triceps
May 11th, 2023 4:47 PM Mr. Q Categories: Stretching
The triceps stretch is a stretching exercise that targets the triceps muscles located at the back of your upper arms. Proper form: How to reduce difficulty: If you find it difficult to reach your elbow with your opposite hand, you can use a towel or strap to help you reach. […] Read more »
Forearm
May 11th, 2023 4:46 PM Mr. Q Categories: Stretching
This stretch targets the forearm muscles, including the wrist flexors and extensors, which are responsible for wrist and hand movements. Proper form: How to reduce the difficulty: If you find this stretch too difficult, try holding the stretching arm with your other hand closer to your elbow instead of your […] Read more »
Chest
May 11th, 2023 4:43 PM Mr. Q Categories: Stretching
The straight arm to side chest stretch is a stretch that targets the chest and shoulder muscles. Here are the steps to perform this stretch: To reduce the difficulty of this stretch, you can perform it while seated on a chair. To increase the difficulty, you can hold a light […] Read more »
90 chest
May 11th, 2023 4:40 PM Mr. Q Categories: Stretching
The 90 chest stretch is a stretch that targets the chest muscles, particularly the pectoralis major muscle. Proper form: How to reduce the difficulty: To reduce the difficulty of this stretch, you can decrease the range of motion by not rotating your arms as far back. How to increase the […] Read more »