David Croft

In this months Etc Magazine, Hollywood superstar Ryan 'Gossy' Gosling on life at the top, and me, on stretching, specifically Moving Stretch, have a butchers....

Hands up if you're having fun! Here I am getting the runners ready for the Run For Your Life event on Hampstead Heath yesterday. Thanks to Moving Stretch for sending me down there, here we are going through the Sideways Reach stretch from page 141 of the book. To quote a guy who introduced himself as "Moose", "I've been doing that stretch for years but adding the resistance totally transformed it and felt much better". Moose knows the craic.

Heading in to London to teach some stretching classes for the runners at The Run For Your Life in Hampstead Heath. There are 2k / 5k / 10k runs so if you're up early and fancy getting them legs moving head down. Registration is open at 9. For more details take a look at this link.....

Run for your Life! 10k/5k/2k Charity Run Series | Hampstead Heath Online registration is closed. In-person registration is available starting 9am Saturday. Run for your Life! Research shows that running can add up to 3 years to your life... so what are you waiting for?! Join us for a friendly community run, connect with other runners, enjoy some massage and stretc...

The Jubilee Hall Trust's Run For Your Life takes place this Saturday on Hampstead Heath, there's a 2k, 5k and 10k so races for all levels. Registration is open until Thursday evening and participants are able to register on the morning. I'll be there taking the participants through some stretches beforehand and running some Moving Stretch sessions afterwards, like a modern day Mr Motivator, without the leotard......maybe.

Here's a little bit I wrote for the website on how stretching can help runners....

http://www.jubileehalltrust.org/breathe-stretch-run/?utm_content=buffer3a8fc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Practising my stand up routine while teaching people how to stretch properly with the Moving Stretch system at the Brighton Yoga Foundation festival yesterday. Thanks to all who came along.

Good study here with regards to preventing recurring hamstring injuries using an eccentric movement, something that we work on a lot during resistance stretching. Instead of acting when you get injured to try to fix yourself, find ways to prevent injuries so you can carry on doing what you enjoy.

"Everyone" knows by now that the Nordic hamstring can prevent a big number of new injuries in football, but this finding is worth sharing again and again.

Link to study:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21825112

Here's an idea example of the mobility that can be achieved after just one stretching session. Now, to keep and improve on these benefits a constant practise is needed, that's why we provide stretches to be done at home, after all, while it is always nice and worthwhile to see a bodywork expert, it is also imperative that responsibility is taken by the individual to look after the body in conjunction with specialised treatments. This should be encouraged by anyone you see for an type of treatment.