How to Stretch for Optimum Health

It can never be stressed enough about the importance of stretching. We all know we have to do it but we never ever seldom do it. We just want to get in, do our workout and walk right out the door. When we do this, we are missing out on so many benefits of stretching like muscle soreness prevention after grueling workouts, painless joint movement and range of motion (ROM) flexibility. We have to stretch in order to get oxygen to our muscles; even more importantly stretching increase muscle elasticity; plus it loosens up your stiff joints.