Resistance Stretching

The most benefitial way of stretching is to combine it with resistance. The way to do this, is: when you stretch you should also be resisting the stretch, and letting yourself stretch further and less nice and slowly, so your muscles are in control of the range of stretch. Keep moving further into the stretch whiel gently resisting, then resist fully and pull the stretch back. Do this fluidly as you widen the stretch right out, maintaining some resistance the whole way. Keep varying the range of the stretch, so that you develop strength all the way through the stretch. You'll feel in control the whole time, and be using your body weight as weights, so its a full-on workout. There's no hard and fast way to do this, you should tune in and feel and follow your body. With resistance stretching as you resist and your muscles get control, they will naturally let yuou stretch them further. The end result duing a resistance session is you will be in a fully stretched position, with your muscles also tense, so will have control to hold yourself there and reduce or expand the stretch. This has a few major differences/benefits from just stretching. Your muscles develop strength at the wider range you're stretching them to, which is good for a more balanced/broad muscle development and ensures your body can maintain control at that range, so you're less likely to get injury. A resistance stretching session is a lot more of a workout than stretching. If you get into it, your body will really come to life and will let you stretch it further than you have before comfortably and the resistance will mean you'll feel the burn and come away fully alive! Enjoy!

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