STRETCH YOUR BODY
1. Stretch your jaw.
Incline your head back, rest your chin on your palm, and then pull your jaw open.
Say "Aaaaah" (you can mime it). Grab your chin with your thumb, index and middle fingers. Stretch it left to right. This exercise will help if you have been hit to the jaw (i.e. knocked-out in boxing).
2. Stretch your neck.
Incline your head forward; roll it from left to right, then right from left. Be careful, do not do a 360 with your head, 150 degrees is enough!
Tilt your head with ear toward shoulder, incline your head backward and roll your head from left to right, then right to left in a 30 degree motion. Be sure that while your head is tilted back, you keep your jaw relaxed and even let your mouth fall open just a bit (avoid inhaling flies).
3. Stretch your shoulder:
Put your arm on your chest;
Grab your forearm with the opposite arm;
Pull your arm until you feel your shoulder being stretched;
Push the arm you are stretching the opposite way in order to contract the muscle if you feel that your chest is stretching instead of your shoulder.
4. Stretch your triceps.
Reach up with your right arm;
Bend your right elbow and put your forearm down behind your head and between your shoulder blades;
Reach up and grab your right elbow with your opposite arm;
Pull your elbow toward your head.
5. Stretch your scapulae:
Extend your arms in front of you;
Join both hands together and cross fingers;
Push your arms further and try to push your scapulas in opposite directions.
6. Stretch your wrists.
Hold arm out;
Slightly pull back your hand down with your opposite hand;
Repeat with other hand.
7. Stretch quadriceps:
Stand up and pull one leg behind you;
Repeat with other leg.
8. Stretch calves:
Put your arms up against the wall;
Bring one leg in towards it while keeping your legs straight;
Repeat with other leg.
9. Stretch hamstrings:
Sit on the floor and put one leg out;
Reach for it and hold for a few seconds;
Repeat with other leg, and then do it with both legs.
10. Do a butterfly stretch:
Sit on the floor;
Press the soles of your feet together;
Pull your feet the closest you can;
Push your knees down.
11. Stretch lower back:
Lay down;
Bring one leg onto your chest;
Repeat with your other leg, and then do it with both.
