Time to stretch out

Today I want to sheer with you some thoughts of stretching and flexibility in your workouts.
Muscle-bound is a word that comes up when bodybuilding is mention and I have many years now understood the important to flex and stretch your body. Many of the past understood that and they were pretty amazing what they could do with their huge bodies.

One of my interesting is martial arts and I like to take some of their elements in my workout. Did you know Bruce Lee was a very fan of bodybuilding and he got a huge collection of magazine and books? He love bodybuilding and was one period of his life bulking up but he felt he was a little too heavy to do his routine but to a certain point you can add some of it and I like to say bodybuilding can be a way to harmonize the body and with martial arts techniques you can improve your workouts. One of the important things in martial arts is master your strength/flexibility. Below are some useful things.

Hanging Reverse Crunches.
Very good exerseice for your center of your core.
Try to hold it for some time when you raise your legs up.A good way to improve your strenght and flexebilety.










Another variant. Agian try to hold it when you are
raising your legs up.














Forward bends.
Stand upright, feet together. Bend forward and take hold of the back of your legs as far down as possible - knees,
calves or ankles. Pull gently with your aems, bringing
your head as close as possible to your legs in order to
stretch the lower back and hamstring to their limit. Try to hold this possition for 30 to 60 second, then
relax.













Here are some video of Power Yoga Strength which can strength and tone up your body.
(Clips from the Power Yoga Total Body Workout DVD by Gaiam, staring Rodney Yee)

http://www.yeeyoga.com/