Durante el stretching se combinan tres elementos importantes que son la respiración, la concentración y la relajación, logrando así que el cuerpo libere cualquier tensión posible. Ahora, los viernes por la tarde, realizo una sesión de stretching de hora y media, iniciando a las 6 y culminando a las 7.30 pm, y cuento con la compañía de un grupo maravilloso con quien comparto no sólo esa disciplina, sino buenos momentos.

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For several months now I have been completely reintegrated to my training, which I had paused last year. This time with more discipline because my health needs it, and the extra kilos must go. But in the month of December for the Christmas holidays there was a brief disorder that is now under control and now we are going again with full force.

Although daily I do a 15-minute yoga session, and at the end of each training day there are 10 minutes of stretching, I feel that it has not been enough to relieve the muscular pains that I have left from new exercises, in areas that I surely had not worked yet.

The training is from Monday to Thursday, so we are free all weekend with the task of doing at least 20 min to half an hour daily of those exercises that we have not yet mastered, and always alternating the three zones, upper, middle and lower. But I considered it fair to integrate a longer stretching session, or what we know in trainers' jargon as stretching.

This physical activity consists of stretching the muscles through gentle exercises that serve as a warm-up before each day's training, or to relieve the body after the day's workout. Our trainers know how to combine it with yoga and give us a more complete session.

Among the benefits provided by this activity we can mention that the muscles become more flexible, it calms muscle pain, joint pain, sprains, contractions and cramps that may remain after training or running, a better posture is achieved, we relax physically, mentally and emotionally, activates blood circulation, acts favorably on fluid retention as it achieves a disinflammatory effect, frees us from stress, and allows a good oxygenation.
Information consulted: What is stretching and what is it for?

During stretching, three important elements are combined: breathing, concentration and relaxation, thus allowing the body to release any possible tension. Now, on Friday evenings, I do an hour and a half stretching session, starting at 6 and ending at 7.30 pm, and I have the company of a wonderful group with whom I share not only this discipline, but also good times.

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