Many newcomers to fitness often neglect stretching, they say, I want to lose weight, muscles to build up, not to sit on a twine. But avid sportsmen know that stretching is very, very much. And why? This article will tell you.
Muscle stretching - exercises aimed at stretching and relaxing muscles, developing flexibility, strengthening ligaments and joints. Professional athletes of different disciplines must include stretching of all muscle groups in their training. Nowadays, it has become so popular that it has even become a separate direction - stretching.
The name "stretch" comes from the word "stretch", which means "stretch" in English.
Why do you need to stretch?
Remember the cats. Do you know why they often stretch out? So these animals maintain grace and excellent physical shape so that the mouse can catch or chase a feather :)
There are at least 5 concrete reasons why people need to stretch out:
1. To train more effectively. Stretching muscles affects the amplitude of movement during exercise: the more it is, the more effective the training is.
2. To recover faster. Stretching improves the blood supply to muscle tissue, preventing micro-injuries, which means that the recovery from exercise is faster.
3. to achieve your goal. Stretching just must have to perform special techniques in various sports such as taekwondo, Thai boxing, and figure skating. It also contributes to a beautiful weight loss.
4. To increase flexibility and improve posture. Flexible body and elastic muscles are a sign of health and youth.
5. To know zen. Stretching simultaneously relaxes and tones muscles, reduces (if not eliminates) pain, body clamps, and psychoemotional tension.
Who needs to stretch
Pulling muscles is good for everybody, but especially stretching is necessary:
- Pregnant to prepare the body for the birth of a child and prevent perineal tears. But even after childbirth, stretching will help to quickly return to its former shape, strengthen the muscles of the pelvic floor.
- People suffering from diastasis and age-related deformation of abdominal muscles.
- Everyone who is forced to stay in a tense position for a long time sits in the office or behind the wheel of a car, stands at the conveyor belt, is busy with heavy physical labor and does not move much in life.
- Those who need to recover more quickly after an injury or surgery.
- Weaker.
- Children, teenagers and the elderly to form/preserve beautiful posture, flexibility, mobility.
Why bodybuilders need stretching
Because it helps to build muscle mass harmoniously!
The fact is that during physical activity muscles become shorter and after training remains compressed for some time. When they rest, the length will be restored. But stretching speeds up this process several times. Therefore, he who ignores the stretch marks after training slows down the recovery and growth of the results.
In addition, exercise with a lot of weight as if fix muscles, make them "wooden", and the body is less flexible.
Stretching prevents this stiffness. The muscles of the athlete working with heavyweights get used to shortening. But as much as muscle can stretch, so much can it contract. It turns out to be a vicious circle: worse lengthening - worse contraction. This leads to stagnation of power results.
Who cannot stretch and stretch
It's a little bit of a contraindication, but it's better to be safe than sorry. Stretching is contraindicated at:
- recent fractures and dislocations. Do not rush to pull muscles immediately after you have been removed from the plaster. The joints and bones are still too fragile, so let them get used to it and finally heal;
- serious bone pathologies (osteoporosis), joints (arthritis), protrusions in the spine;
- diseases of the cardiovascular system, as the risk of blood clots, is increased;
- exacerbation of chronic joint diseases.
Now you are convinced that stretching is not only about the twine. It also about the improvement of indicators, reduction of the creature, getting rid of tension and pain. So stretch on health and on result.