6 Minute Morning Stretching

by Faye Rowe

Book Overview

We've all heard about how important stretching is to fitness health, but did you know that stretching actually primes the muscles and intensifies your workouts? And it feels great! Amp up your workout... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140547128X
• ISBN13: 9781405471282
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Parragon
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A set of simple exercises that will loosen the stiff joints and muscles

As someone who does a great deal to stay in shape, I am always looking for a new way to exercise. Most of my activity is walking and pushing a lawn mower, and given that I am getting older, I often have sore muscles and joints. Therefore, I am starting to incorporate exercises that loosen my muscles rather than build them up. That is the context within which I examined this book. As the title implies, the exercises are all easy to perform and they do limber you up. I am not sure that six minutes is enough time to go through the entire set, as there are exercises for the thighs, buttocks, calves & ankles, stomach & waist, arms, shoulders & chest and back and neck. They work well as simple warm-ups or as a set of exercises to start the day. I spend a great deal of time working on a computer, so those designed for the upper back, neck and lower arms are especially valuable to me. Stopping for a few minutes and performing some of these exercises really makes a difference at the end of the day. I no longer suffer as much from the lingering aches in the upper back and neck due to long hours at the keyboard.