If you are not taking the time to stretch, what is your excuse not to? I would assume it's the same excuse that plagues everyone and that is you don't have the time.
We always make time for the strength, cardio, or general physical preparedness work but not the stretching. Why is that?
The reason could be the lack of importance that we place on stretching, and we don't think of it as a tool that we help us create major impact on our body and our performance.
What if I told you that by increasing your body's flexibility, you could increase your body's strength and stamina.
In order for your muscles to fully contract, they have to have full flexibility. By limiting your flexibility in your muscles, or by limiting your mobility in your joints, you are then limiting the amount of force that can be applied to those areas.
By not capitalizing on this, you are not getting the most benefit out of your training.
So what are you to do? You want to put the majority of your stretching post workout and a morning routine that you can get yourself into. These stretches will consist of 30 second static, or held, stretches. Focus on the major areas like hamstrings, hip flexors, shoulders, chest, and lower back.
Pre workout you will want to focus on shorter dynamic stretches of the same area.
MVP Mental Exercise
1. Challenge your self, regardless of what stretching that you do now, to create a daily stretching routine that you do for the next 21 days
****Make this goal something that is easy enough that you know you will complete, that may be just one or two stretches****
2. Do these stretches statically, or held, post workout and in the morning after you have been up for at least 20 minutes, and then do these stretches pre workout in a dynamic matter
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