Weight Lifting Routines - Becoming Flexible

Hi,

Today I wanted to talk to about adding streches into your Weight Lifting Routines so you can actually move a day after your workout! I know this feeling only too well and wanted to explain a little further about how to get a little more flexible.

Like most weight lifters I love lifting weights and over time seeing some great results to my overall physique, but when I first started out I would completely miss out the stretching excercises before and after my work out.

So not only was I becoming tight from lack of stretching but as we know the weights themselves shorten muscles too so I could hardly move!

It didn't take me too long before I realised that I was doing something wrong. I spoke to a few guys down the gym who gave me some great tips:

1) Try stretching the muscles you are working between sets

2) I know it sound a bit girly to some but adding a yoga or Pilates class to your regimen is a great idea! Not only does it make you more flexible but also aids breathing, and your overall posture.

3) Doing some stretching is MUCH better than doing none! Adding just five minutes of stretching to your Weight Lifting Routine will help a great deal. Doing a stretch for a slow count of 10 of 15 and doing this around 10 times will make up your five minutes.

So please make sure you start doing your stretches!!

Until next time.....

Paul