Stretching - Cooling Down Exercise

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Stretching may not be the favourite part during a set of exercise. Many people usually skip this stretching part after finishing strength and cardio exercises.

Why do we need to do stretching ?
It improves flexibility, reduce muscles tightness, reduce strains and risk of injury as well as improve our performances
When we do a lot of strength and cardio exercise and never stretching, our muscles will end up imbalanced and this can lead to strains and discomfort.

How do we do stretching ?
1. We can do seated stretching using mat exercise and hold each stretching for 15 - 20 seconds.


- Leg rise up (left and right alternate)
- Leg curl up ( left and right alternate)
- chest to knee
- Piriformis stretch (left and right alternate)
- Butterfly stretch
- Triceps stretch
- Seated Neck release
- Seated shoulder squeeze

2. We can do standing exercises and hold each stretching for 15 - 20 seconds



- Spinx pose
- Extended puppy pose
- Lunging hip (left and right alternate)
- Standing Quad stretch (left and right alternate)
- Arm stretch
- Standing Neck release (left and right alternate)
- Standing shoulder release (back and forth alternate)
- Side bend stretch (left and right alternate )
- bend to ankle

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