Warm Up, Cool Down vs Stretching & Flexibility

To stay safe and get the most out of your workout you must always include a pre-workout warm-up before you begin and then finish with a cool down to get your body back into gear. If you’re short on time, you may feel tempted to skip a warmup and jump right into your workout. But doing so can increase your risk of injury, and put more strain on your muscles. When preparing for any kind of exercise, whether it’s a cardio workout, strength training, or a team sport, it’s important to take a few minutes to ease your muscles into exercise mode. Doing so can help you reap many fitness rewards. During a workout we can all go from zero to hero and push hard but the safe way to train is to bring the body’s temperature up slowly and loosen up the muscles before we get to do anything serious. That’s what warm-ups are designed to do. Stretching, on the other hand, is done in order to improve overall flexibility. Once muscles have worked they are at their most compliant state and they let us stretch further than we normally would gaining more ground while we are at it. Warmups are critical to a better performance and fewer injuries but stretching is somewhat of an optional extra, but it is highly recommended. Warm-ups should always be dynamic, always use active exercises to get our bodies ready. We need to get the blood flowing, especially during colder seasons. Our bodies benefit from stretches after we have already worked out (cool down). Our muscles are more susceptible to them allowing us to stretch further and hold the stretches longer.

Stretching is extremely important for your overall health. Stretching exercises improve flexibility. Better flexibility improve your performance in physical activities, decrease your risk of injuries, enable your muscles to work most efficiently. Regularly performing stretching exercise can help to reduce blood pressure, heart rate which helps stress and muscular tension decreased. It also helps blood flow to your muscles and reduce muscles soreness. Tight muscles can cause back pain, stretching will help strenghten your back muscles and prevent back pain. Stretching before workout will prepare your muscles for any exercising movement. Dynamic stretches help increase body temperature which helps the warm-up before working out. Getting your muscles flexible and warmed up; increases your range of motion, improve your daily performance and prevent injuries. Stretch your full body muscles. Stretch your upper back, lower back, shoulders, legs, glutes, your chest, neck, stretch your hamstring and calf muscles. Have a better posture and flexibility! Nexoft Mobile's "Stretching Exercises-Flexibility Training" app provides; -Daily stretch routines for yourself, morning streches, before bed streches -Easy and efficient stretching exercises are suitable for everyone, men, women, young and old -Full body stretching exercises, flexibility exercises, dynamic stretching for all the body muscles -Trainer coaching you through video instructions -No equipment needed, bodyweight exercises -Calorie tracker and daily reminder to keep you motivated -%100 FREE -Back stretches, shoulder stretches, hamstring stretch, hip flexor stretch, stretches for lower back, upper back stretches, calf stretches, glute stretches, quad stretches, leg stretches, neck stretches Stretch before every workout to improve your body movement, prevent any risk of injuries, to get more flexible and healthy. Create your own stretch routine. Stretch in the morning or before bed time. Anywhere and anytime. No equipment needed, with a trainer in your pocket. Now download "Stretching Exercises-Fexibility Trainin" app by Nexoft Mobile for free stretching exercises! We will sync your data with the Apple Health to give you better insights, if you give permit to sync