My Commitment to Stretching Starts Now

Ok........I suck at stretching. I finish a hard workout and I'll I want to do is go home. Today was day 3 of 3 hard workouts. Monday I did a entire upper body, Tuesday I did a run and lower body, and today I ran 6km and skipped 1000 skips (yes I counted). So Needless to say I've not been proactive in helping my body recover. I did the wimpiest stretch sesh, which a avid yoga goer should be ashamed of. The only thing I did do right was foam rolling when I got home. 

Foam rolling amazing and painful. The best way to eliminate and prevent muscle knots is the foam roller. The foam roller is a firm foam log. I use the roller against muscle knots with your own body weight to generate the direct pressure. Its the next best thing to a massage. Imagine using a rolling pin to roll out lumps of bread out....kinda the same idea.  I started using it to prevent injuries when running or to loosen stiff muscles.  

So as of right now I am committing to a stretching session at least 5 days a week. I will probably complete this at night and take a more Yin Yoga approach on stretching. That means I will hold each stretch between 2-5mins. So 5 evenings a week for 45 mins for  2 weeks. After 2 weeks I will re-evaluate my stretching.   I am still going to stretch post morning gym workout but this will help with additional tightness and of course injury prevention. 

Time to Stretch...=)