Fitness clubs create various groups for different ages and levels of training. There is even children's stretching, which allows you to form the correct posture and develop flexibility from an early age.
Stretching helps to realize the popular dream of girls and women to sit on the splits, because this direction is aimed at stretching the muscles of the arms and legs. However, this is far from the limit! The classes work out the whole body: neck, back, arms, legs, abs, etc.
Stretching training takes place in the gym on mats, usually starting with a warm-up, during which the trainer helps students carefully and gradually prepare the body for stretching, in order to avoid injuries.
What are the benefits of stretching?
The benefits of this direction can be discussed for a very long time, because during the classes various sets of exercises are used, the regular performance of which has a beneficial effect on the entire body. For modern people, namely residents of megacities, who often suffer from physical inactivity, the benefits of stretching are undeniable, because it helps:
tighten the body, model the muscular corset
improve posture and coordination
work on stabilizing muscles that are rarely used in everyday life
develop flexibility
prolong the youth of the body
get rid of stagnation
improve blood circulation and metabolism
In addition, stretching classes lift your mood, give you a boost of spirit, and help you fight stress and tension. A person’s self-esteem rises, new friends and interests appear, plans for the future appear, and new goals for self-improvement appear!
Does stretching help you lose weight?
Many people claim that the benefits of stretching for weight loss are questionable, because it is mostly a static load. However, this sport helps to noticeably tighten the body and make the figure attractive. No matter how much you weigh and even if you consider yourself fat, the benefits of stretching for the figure are colossal, with regular exercise, a flabby and loose body becomes juicy and appetizing, and the forms are rounded and sexy. It is not at all necessary to dream of becoming a skinny girl all your life, a sporty, toned body and feminine forms look much more impressive. Stretching can give you all this!
If you are interested in rapid weight loss, you should combine stretching with aerobics, running and other dynamic exercises. In this case, the burning of excess fat will be more active, and stretching will help tighten the skin and make the figure athletic and attractive without stretch marks and other signs of rapid weight loss on the skin.
Stretching contraindications
Such a popular trend as stretching is suitable for almost everyone, the techniques are suitable for people of any gender and age. However, like any sports trend, stretching has a number of contraindications. It is not recommended to attend stretching classes for people with problems with joints and ligaments, spinal pathologies, arthritis, osteoporosis, hernias, thrombosis, as well as serious diseases of the cardiovascular system.
