This 7-minute session of lunch break stretches focuses on lengthening your spine and opening your hips and shoulders.

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Im a Master TrainerHeres Why You Shouldnt Skip Your Post-Run Stretches.

Plus, when youve been hunched over a keyboard, stretching also just feels really darn good.

First, de Winter will get you standing up out of your chair to helpun-crunch that spine.

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The next targets are those tight, constricted hips.

Your hips are responsible for bearing the load of your upper body, and are surrounded by major nerves.

All of thatcan get crunchedand yourhip flexors can literally shortenafter spending hours on your bottom.

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Finally, de Winter focuses on the all-important shouldersmajor casualties of our screen-focused world.

Our shoulders get impacted inmultiple waysfrom desk work.

If youre stressed, you might hike them up.

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The whole shoulder-neck-back zone can be a tense mess.

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