A pro stretcher tell us why you should stretch every day.
And it goes way beyond boosting your flexibility and finally touching your toes.
(There are dishes to wash!
A10-step beauty routines to get through!)
Consistent stretching trains your muscles over time to reach their optimal length, he says.
Over time, you are making measurable change in your body by lengthening the resting state of these muscles.
Heres why your stretching routine should last a life time, according to Brannigan.
4 things that happen when you stretch every day
1.
Thisboost in circulationhelps revive musclesalmost like rehydrating them with a fresh supply of nutrients.
This is no coincidence.
You get to bring this cool, calm, and collected feeling to the rest of your day.
You elongate your muscles
This is the obvious one, but dont overlook it!
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As you elongate these muscles, youre also building flexibility andincreasing range of motion over time, says Brannigan.
A daily practice helps the muscles (and the brain) remember this state.
The more you do it, the better you get at it.Muscle memory is real!
We say that stretching consistently is best tohelp build flexibility.
Ten minutes a day is better than an hour once a week.
Hey, Im not stretching a miraclebut its pretty darn close.
Queue up this 20-minute stretching routine to check off your daily dose of recovery:
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