May Week 4 Exercise and Stretch

May Week 4 Exercise and Stretch

Inchworm

• Stand with your feet close together. Keeping your legs straight, stretch down and put your hands on the floor directly in front of you. This will be your starting position.

• Begin by walking your hands forward slowly, alternating your left and your right. As you do so, bend only at the hip, keeping your legs straight.

• Keep going until your body is parallel to the ground in a push up position.

• Now, keep your hands in place and slowly take short steps with your feet, moving only a few inches at a time.

• Continue walking until your feet are by hour hands, keeping your legs straight as you do so.

Runner's Stretch

• It's easiest to get into this stretch if you start standing up, put one leg behind you, and slowly lower your torso down to the floor.

• Keep the front heel on the floor (if it lifts up, scoot your other leg further back).

• Place your hands on either side of your front leg. To get more out of this stretch, push your butt up toward the ceiling, and then gradually lower it back toward the floor. You'll Stretch the hip flexor of the back leg and the hamstring and buttocks of the front.