Stretching

Upper Body Stretching Shall Not be Forgotten

by Ian Warner August 19, 2010

The upper body tends to be the lonely half of the body. Not in terms of weight lifting but in terms of stretching. The effects of this decision are not fully realized by many. People stretch the lower body because that is what is used to do any type of running or jumping so many [...]

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(Athlete’s Tool Belt) Stretching Band

by Justyn Warner June 18, 2010

A new edition to Cover Ground – Athlete’s Tool Belt focuses on the many tools that you can use to help improve your athletic performance. The first couple episodes will be basic tools that you might already have, but we have some future tools that you may have not even seen. The episode today will [...]

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Daily Stretching Routine

by Ian Warner June 1, 2010

Stretching is a vital part of improving your athletic ability. We’ll go over an easy daily stretching routine that you can do to be fresh and ready for the next day of practice. Find out the tools needed to stretch and when and why you should do it. Enjoy!

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Stretch Your Way Fit

by Justyn Warner February 10, 2010

How many times have you heard the expression, no pain, no gain? Unfortunately, this has molded the way that many of us think about exercise. The last thing that most of us want to do is to get into the gym on a regular basis and abuse our bodies in order to be physically fit. [...]

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Recover Like a Champ: Chapter 4 – Self Therapy

by Ian Warner February 6, 2010

This might be the most crucial part of the recover like a champ series. NOT because it is the most effective, but because you do not need much more than yourself , some water, and maybe some inexpensive exercise tools. The self therapy regimes can be done when ever you want, you do not have [...]

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4 Essential Tools for an Athlete (1) – StretchRite

by Justyn Warner November 14, 2009

My #1 favourite stretching aid on this planet. I’ve been using StretchRite now for 4 years since I received it my first year at TCU and it has never failed me yet. This is one of the 4 essential tools that an athlete should have in their bag. It sure does help me avoid any [...]

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CGP #14: Hold That Stretching Until Night

by Justyn Warner October 30, 2009

Earlier this month, I talked about a Dynamic Warm-Up vs Static Warm-Up. Here is where the static stretching comes into play. This is an important process where Static Stretching is greatly beneficial towards improving your speed and maintaing your body’s health, and this month’s CGP.

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Dynamic Warm-Up vs Static Warm-Up

by Justyn Warner October 7, 2009

When one thinks of stretching during their warm up, they tend to think of static stretching as the traditional stretching – holding each stretch for about 10-20 seconds. For sports involving explosive movements like sprinting, research shows that static stretching before any event only weakens their performance. Now I know your already doing what you [...]

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