This video is designed to loosen up the hips and stretch the calves and hamstrings. It's great post-workout when your muscles are warm.
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This twisting sequence is designed to wring out tension throughout the body, with a specific focus on the spine, abs, obliques and hips.
This back-bending sequence involves some pretty advanced postures. If you're feeling supple, strong and agile, it's a fun one to have a bash at.
In this sequence, we'll focus on the calves, hamstrings, spine, lats and shoulders. It's great for relieving upper and lower back pain.
This sequence focuses on spinal extension. Backbends counteract the rounding-forward seated position so prevalent in ten modern workplace.
This sequence combines standing, seated and reclining twists. Move mindfully through the poses, taking care not to over-rotate your spine.
Sidebends stretch muscles throughout the body, improve spinal mobility and alleviate pain in the lower back, shoulders and neck.
Legendary CrossFit trainer and physical therapist, Kelly Starrett, advises athletes to: "Spend as much time in a lunge as you can."
This sequence includes some more advanced backbends. Please be cautious, taking the modified version of any pose that feels out of reach.
In this sequence, we flow through some deeper hip openers—Lizard, Half Frog and Reclining Butterfly. It sounds like a trip to the zoo.
In yoga, forward bends are how we stretch the ankles, calves and hamstrings but please take care to modify if you have lower back issues.
This sequence combines twists and sidebends to stretch muscles throughout the body. Make sure that you are warmed up before you start.
If tight hips are an issue for you, cycle through multiple different hip-opening sequences so that you don't get stuck in repeating patterns.
In this sequence we open up the hip flexors, stretch the chest and activate the glutes, in preparation for one of the deepest yoga backbends.
Depending on the flexibility of your quads and hip flexors, this sequence is either going to be incredibly hard or a walk in the park.