Fitness: Workouts

Stretching and Flexing
Perfect your flex

Stretching correctly will improve your flexibility, counter stress and protect against injury

By Words: Tom Weede Photos Blake Little

April 2003

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Stretching correctly will improve your flexibility, counter stress and protect against injury. Stretching badly will do the opposite - here's how to get the best from each stretch

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Full neck roll

Target: Neck

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Straight-legged toe touch

Target: Upper Back, Lower Back, Glutes, Hamstrings

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Sitting groin stretch

Target: Groin

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Hamstring/lower back stretch

Target: Hamstring, Lower Back

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Sitting hamstring stretch

Target: Hamstrings, Lower Back

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Doorway stretch

Target: Pectorals, Upper Arms, Shoulders

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Wide leg stretch

Target: Inside Of Upper Legs And Hips

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