General Stretching

This is the general stretching routine I’ll go through at the start of every class, and even when just training by myself. It tends to do a fairly good job of covering all the areas I’m likely to hit while training but if you know you have some problem areas, or are going to be working a particular area, like wrists, pretty hard then give them some extra attention. This is just to get your started.

The Routine

  • Looking side to side - 5 x each side
  • Looking up and down 5 x each direction
  • Tilting neck side to side - 5 x each side
  • Neck circles - 5 x each direction
  • Wrist circles - 5 x each direction
  • Small arm circles - 5 x each direction
  • Big arm circles - 5 x each direction
  • Bear hugs - 10 (swapping arms each time)
  • Bad Breast Stroke - 5
  • Front arm shoulder stretches - 10s each side
  • Behind the head shoulder stretches - 10s each side
  • Wrist stretch routine - Both hands 10s each stretch
  • Side bends - 10s each side
  • Hip circles - 5 x each direction
  • Quad stretch - Both legs 10s each side
  • Calf stretch - Both legs 10s each side
  • Single leg hip circles - Both legs 5 x each direction
  • Knee cirlces - 5 x each direction
  • Ankle circles - Both ankles 5 x each direction
  • Groin stretch (feet pointing forward) - 10s each side
  • Groin stretch (feet at right angles) - 10s each side
  • Lunge - 10s each side
  • Hip opener - 10s each side
  • Cossack squat - 10s each side
  • Half bridges - 5 x each side or Bridge rotations - 5 x each direction
  • Forward bend - 10s

Disclaimer: These are my names for things and probably aren’t the proper technical terms, watch the video to see what I’m talking about.

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