Stretch your muscles

Every time you go to a yoga class or warm up before exercise do you ever wonder exactly what muscle you are stretching?Or perhaps one of the muscles of your back is tight and you want stretch it out but don’t know what stretch to take?  We have 8 common stretches and a break down of exactly what muscles you are working.

1. Camel Pose
   Muscles used: Rectus abdominus and external obliques
2. Wide forward Fold
   Muscles used: Adductor and hamstrings.
3. Half Kneeling Quad / Hip Flexor Stretch
   Muscles used: Psoas and Quadriceps
4. Wide side lunge pose
   Muscles used: Adductors
5. Butterfly stretch
   Muscles used: Adductors
6. Forearm Extensor Stretch
   Muscles used: Forearms
7. Lateral side flexion of the neck with hand
   Muscles used: Sternoclenoidmastoid and upper traps
8. Lateral shoulder stretch
   Muscles used: Deltoids
9. Childs Pose
   Muscles used: Latissimus dorsi
10. Deep squat
    Muscles used: Glutes

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