Stretching For A Better MInd-Body Connection

Stretching, as part of your workout plan is a must.

For those of you who just hit the gym, no warm up on cardio for even 5 minutes and start stretching before your workout is asking for serious issues. First you shouldn't ever stretch cold, ever, your muscles won't be happy with you. Second, don't ever stretch before a heavy lifting session, you can create muscle weakness and fatigue. Warm up at least 5-10 minutes if you want to stretch and go easy, than work out, if that's what you like doing. I prefer to do a really nice 10 minute cool down stretch session to give my body a release from all the lactic acids build up in my muscles and to get my heart and breath back down to normal, helping me to relax and may be even prevent DOMs {Delayed On Set Muscle Soreness} Everyone has their opinion on the subject, but if you don't do any type of stretching you are missing out on so much healthy benefits, from range of movement, relaxation, mind-body connection, pain prevention, and just feeling good in your own skin. Trying a yoga class may also help you with your pain management if you have injuries, but ask your physician first before trying any type of exercise program if you have preexisting medical conditions to be safe. If you're new to working out get informed first, before just trying something new, to prevent unnecessary injuries. #stretching #yogaforlife #soulfitnesshawaii #workouts

Stretching, Breathing, Healing for Good Posture and Range of Motion

Keep doing it... So when you're all done training,NOT BEFORE, make sure to take 10 and slow it down and let your body get back to a normal heart rate, and ease back down into breathing and sooth those muscles with a real nice whole body stretch. Now you know why we take our time at the end of our WHOLE BODY BLAST CLASS,it's to let the body do what it does best, which is heal it's self. When we stretch we allow the lactic acid that builds up in our muscles to be passed through the bodies amazing systems to help with repairing and neutralizing the damaged stressed muscle tissue which helps to avoid DOMS {Delayed On Set Muscle Soreness} and prevent injury. Realize that stretching is part of your training, and you should always always always make the time to stretch at least for 10 minutes after each workout. Breathing and moving slowly through your postures will help to ease the body tension and create a harmonic transition back into normal body breathing and heart rate, as well as help with ROM {Range of Movement}. ~ PK http://www.soulfitnesshawaii.com