Monday, November 3, 2008

Time For A Warm Up

With winter approaching, I thought this article on how to warm up was timely.

"The old presumption that holding a stretch for 20 to 30 seconds — known as static stretching — primes muscles for a workout is dead wrong. It actually weakens them."

I, of course, love to stretch. Especially before using the keyboard.

This is the stretch I like to use:

Just before climbing, I usually work up to this type of stretch:

Or, if I need to stretch my facial muscles, I like to do this:

1 comment:

Lisa said...

It's good to have Richard back isn't it? Actually this is how a good yoga class is set up. Warming up, getting the blood flowing and then deep stretches toward the end.