Press your hands into the wall as you lean backward from your hips until
you feel a stretch in your back and in the back of your legs.
Slowly bend forward at the hips, keeping your knees straight, and lowering the bar until
you feel a stretch in your hamstrings.
To move the plate down and back, extend your neck until
you feel a stretch in the sternocleidomastoid muscles.
Slowly bend your bottom leg toward you, until
you feel a stretch in the outer hip of the other leg (c).
Lower them as far down as they can go,
feeling a stretch in the forearms.
Feel the stretch in the calf muscles.
You should
feel the stretch in the side of your trunk.
You are supposed to
feel a stretch in the legs, groin and back.
Continue the motion until
you feel a stretch in your hamstrings.
Feel the stretch in the shoulders, back, and hips.
You should
feel this stretch in the upper spine as well as your lower back, says Katz.
Keep your neck and spine aligned and
feel the stretch in the back of the legs.
Breathe out and lower the weights gently to your sides by bending your elbows, until
you feel a stretch in your chest muscles.
Hold for a count
feeling the stretch in your chest.
Brace your abs and reach your arms overhead and back, with elbows almost locked, until
you feel a stretch in your abs.
Keep dumbbells very close to legs and continue to lower until
you feel a stretch in hamstrings.
Jack both legs out to your sides until
you feel a stretch in your core and glutes (b).
Perform a swing as you would with a kettlebell — tilt your tailbone back and bend your hips backward to lower your torso until
you feel a stretch in your hamstrings.
It is normal for you to
feel a stretch in your calves during this portion of the movement.
When you use a wide grip and let the bar go right down to the point where it's almost touching your chest, you will
feel a stretch in your pecs that lets you know you are working the outer portion of your pecs.
Keep moving forward as if you were going to pick something from the floor until
you feel a stretch in your hamstrings.
-- From this position, bend your arms and slowly lower your body to the point where
you feel a stretch in your shoulders or chest.
Feel the stretch in your left side, stopping when you can't easily go further.
Many people can do the same stretch posture but
feel the stretch in a completely different part of their body.
You should
feel a stretch in your chest, groin, quadriceps, and back.
Your body should be tilted forward at around 45 degrees, and you should
feel a stretch in your chest that extends all the way across from shoulder to shoulder at the lowest point of your dip.
Now pad yourself out on a swiss ball until
you feel a stretch in your hamstrings.
Be sure not to bounce out of the bottom and try to
feel a stretch in the right side as you start the change of direction.
Then push your hips forward and you'll really
feel the stretch in your quads and hip flexors.
You will
feel this stretch in your hamstrings.
Using a step to create a full range of motion, perform a calf raise making sure to squeeze your calf at the top of the movement and lower past the step at the bottom,
feeling the stretch in your calf.
Pull both ends up so your knee bends until
you feel a stretch in the front of your thigh.
If you don't
feel any stretch in the top position, you can elevate your legs.
With your left hand hold the right elbow until you can
feel the stretch in your triceps.
Any time you can
feel the stretch in the hamstring you are working on improving the flexibility.
If your hip flexors are tight, you'll
feel a stretch in the front of your thighs.
Lower your arms until
you feel a stretch in your pecs and then bring the weights back together over your chest.
You'll
feel a stretch in your lower back.
Keep a long spine and
feel the stretch in your hip.
Allow your opposite leg to extend and your toes to point to the ceiling so
you feel a stretch in your hamstrings.
Although you will also
feel a stretch in your hip, aim to keep your focus on lengthening your spine.
Twist your torso behind you (wind up) until
you feel a stretch in your core and then explosively throw the ball into a wall.
Bend your hips back and drive your knees out to lower your torso until
you feel a stretch in your hamstrings.
Brace your core and raise the ball overhead until
you feel a stretch in your abs — don't bend backward.
With rows you should extend your arms until
you feel the stretch in your lats, but without fully locking out at the elbows.
You should
feel the stretch in the front of your chest, not in your shoulder.
If you don't
feel a stretch in the elbow region, try Bent Barbell Row without using your thumbs around the bar for a few seconds.
If not deep enough, move closer to the wall)
feeling the stretch in the back of your legs.
Plant it flat on the floor and drive it actively into the floor so
you feel a stretch in your hips.
If you aren't
feeling a stretch in your hamstrings as you perform each repetition, you are probably bending at the knees and squatting rather than hinging at the hips and activating your posterior chain.