5 Stretching Exercises That Help You Boost Your Metabolism

In all sports, training is essential to performance. Often forgotten, stretching plays an important role in maintaining good physical shape. Indeed, they help recovery, prevent aches, allow to gain flexibility and reduce the risk of injury. 

Discover these few simple gestures that do good.

1 – BACK STRETCH: THE COBRA

 Start by lying on your stomach. Place your hands on the ground and flat at your shoulders then push on them by raising your upper body. This movement concentrates the compression efforts on the back and promotes stretching of the bust. You can also try looking up to stretch the anterior neck muscles a bit more. Hold the pose for about 30 seconds.

2 – NECK STRETCH

The “owl” exercise stretches the sterno-cleido-mastoid muscles (lateral area of ​​the cervical spine). Straighten your back and relax your upper body. Gently tilt your head to the right so that your chin is level with your shoulders and parallel to the floor. Then tilt your head towards your right shoulder and hold the position for 30 seconds. Repeat the exercise tilting your head to the other side. For best effect, hold your neck respectively with your right hand then your left hand. 3 – STRETCHING THE ANKLES

3 – STRETCHING THE ANKLES

To loosen up stiff ankles, you need to target the muscles in the front of the foot (the levators), the calf muscles (triceps surae) and the Achilles tendon. Ankle stiffness can bother you while walking, running, or playing sports. It can also trigger pain.

4 – TARGETED ZONE: THE SHOULDERS

Position yourself so that you are perpendicular to the wall, with your left side stuck to it. Again, tighten your abs as well as your glutes to maintain a straight back. Still glued to the wall and without moving the rest of your body, bend the arm glued to the wall backwards. You will feel your upper shoulders working. Repeat the exercise for the other side. 5 – WRIST STRETCHES

5 – WRIST STRETCHES

Objective: Stretch the wrists well. In practice: Standing, the hand is leaning against a wall, the fingers backwards to stretch gently. Another possibility: Standing, raise the hands bent upwards and pull the wrists down, without arching the back.