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POST WORKOUT STRETCHES
Stretching
How to Row
Muscles Used
Rowing Regularly
Getting Started |
After a
workout your body is in the optimum condition to develop
and improve flexibility. Whereas warm-up stretches
just get your body ready for exercise, cool-down stretches
build on and increase your existing flexibility. The
stretches below should always be performed at the
end of a training session. It is particularly important
to keep your muscles warm during these stretches so
always perform them indoors and wear warm clothing
if required.
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Flexion
in lying; lower back/upper hamstrings:
Lie on your back with knees bent,
feet
on floor, grasp around knees
and pull your thighs towards your
chest. Slowly
lower supporting the
weight of the legs with
your arms.
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Rotation
in Lying:
Lie on your back, arms out to the sides.
Bend the right knee and gently
rotate
the knee to the left. Gently straighten
the right knee until
you reach the point
of tension. Keep the head
and arms flat
on the
floor. |
Rotation in lying, knee bent; pectorals, lateral abdominals, buttock:
Start as in stretch 2. Grasp the knee
with the left hand, let the right knee rotate across the body to the floor. |
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Extension;
back care excercise/
rectus abdominus:
Lie face down, place you hand under
you shoulders, fingers pointing
forwards. Straighten your
arms as far as your back
will
allow you to go, keeping your
hips
in contact with the floor
and the buttocks
and the hamstring relaxed. |
Rhomboids/latissimus
dorsi:
Kneel on all fours, arms straigh
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in front and spread slightly to
the
side. Lower your chest to
the
floor, keeping the pelvis still. |
Piriformis,
buttock, lateral torso:
Sit upright on the floor, cross the
right
foot over the left and slide the
heel of the
right foot towards you.
Tuck
the right hand on the outside
of the right knee to apply the stretch. Turn
you head to look over the left shoulder. Note:
keep the right buttock
in contact with the floor. |
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Hamstrings
Sit on the floor, bend the left
knee
and slide your heel towards
the inner thigh. Keep
your back
straight and flex from the hips,
taking
the torso towards the
right thigh. |
Piriformis:
Lie flat on your back with the
left knee bent. Place the right
heel on the left knee. Take hold
around the
left thigh and draw
the
thigh up towards your chest. |
Hamstings:
Lie flat on your back, lift the right leg upwards
with the knee bent until the
hip is at right
angle to your body. taking hold aroung the thigh,
gently straighten the knee until you reach
the
point of tension. |
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