Your forearms are stretched along with your biceps in the biceps stretch.Ĭhest: Put your hands behind your back and lock them. Now do it to the other arm.īiceps: Sitting on the ground, put both arms behind your back, with your palms flat on the floor facing your back, and lay as far back as you can without hurting yourself, but just stretching.
FLEX TYPE WORKOUTS FREE
Gently push the arm back with your free arm, stretching the triceps. Triceps: Bending your arm, almost like flexing your biceps, bring your elbow as far back as you can above your head. Keep your neck as far back as possible to stretch the shoulders to the max. Have your partner stand right behind you, and hold on to your arms, bringing them straight up behind your back as far as they can go so you feel the pull (not when you feel real pain!). Shoulders: To stretch your shoulders, you should have a partner.
For the back of the neck, just put your hands together in the back of your neck, by pressing down gently and applying pressure while trying to pull your neck up. Keeping your left hand holding your right arm down, try to touch your left ear to your left shoulder. Start off by putting your right arm behind your back, and hold it stationary with your left hand. Neck: You have to be very careful when stretching the neck.
FLEX TYPE WORKOUTS HOW TO
So right now I'm going to tell you how to stretch different parts of your body. You need to stretch to loosen them up and help them grow. But the main reason to stretch is because when you work out, you contract your muscles, and they become tight. You would probably burn of about 75 calories an hour, which is not very much. Yes, it even burns off calories, though very little. I'm not saying you have to be that flexible to be a great bodybuilder. You've seen how big Tom's legs are, but did you realize he practically ties himself into a knot doing stretches because he is so flexible (meaning that sarcastically, though he is very flexible). Lee Priest looks up to Platz because they both love to work their legs. Isn't it about time to show them how wrong they are?īy now you have probably heard of Tom Platz, or Lee Priest. In fact, bodybuilders have a rep for being "muscle bound", or "inflexible". I've talked to a lot of people, and basically everyone hates to stretch. Or flexing, for that matter (though everyone loves to flex those big guns). Most people don't realize how important stretching really is.