11/09/2021
🙆♀️ At the end of each session I always stretch down with my clients! 🙆♀️
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Activation and Mobility are key aspects for starting and ending your workout right! ☺️
Feeling tight? Feeling Sore! Foam Roll! But, also do some light static stretching just to get the body warm! Don’t forget to do warm up sets with your Compound Lifts too, just a nice easy weight will do, just to get your body used to the movement. ☺️
Warming down is also important for DOMS and letting your body slowly contract your muscles from your workout, letting it know it’s time to wind down. 😉
All things aside you can also use stretching as mediation and prepare yourself or relax from the day! ☺️
Lastly! Static and Dynamic Stretching is also good for injury prevention and rehab. If you’ve had an injury or just don’t want to break your leg in your next PB on Leg Press. Take the time to stretch, breathe, and respect your body! 🥰
Activation and mobility only becomes more important as we get older. Once we hit 30 our bodies ARE different! We aren’t 21, our bodies are not as agile as we might like to think.
A great tip I have learnt recently is resetting your vagus nerve! This always helps my client relax when they are anxious or need time to just chill! ☺️
🌟 Resetting your Vagus Nerve 🌟
Step One: close your eyes and turn your head side to side 10 times
Step Two: Look to the left only with your eyes and wait for a sign of relaxation, whether that be a sigh of relief or yawn, etc. Return to Centre!
Step Three: Repeat Step Two but look to the right
Step Four: Repeat Step One
And that’s it! 🙌
Let me know how you go?! And as always Happy Training! xx
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