{"id":10729,"date":"2014-08-23T03:30:25","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T02:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pennygolightly.com\/\/?p=10729"},"modified":"2022-10-19T12:46:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T11:46:45","slug":"tenner-week-aug-2014-day-6-stretch-out-sat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pennygolightly.com\/tenner-week-aug-2014-day-6-stretch-out-sat\/","title":{"rendered":"Tenner Week Aug 2014: Day 6: Stretch Out Sat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s another opportunity to look after your physical wellbeing, and it’s a part of health and fitness that’s often forgotten or overlooked – but it’s very important.<\/p>\n

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The activity for the day is to spend 20 minutes working on improving your level of flexibility<\/strong><\/em>. It isn’t something that can be completely changed overnight, but two or three sessions a week for around a month brings a noticeable improvement to most people.<\/p>\n

By and large these exercises are usually completely free, so being skint is no excuse not to try. As aerobic exercises burn fat and increase stamina, and weight-bearing exercises improve tone and often build muscle too, we often focus only on them at the expense of flexibility. However, flexibility can be as important as stamina and strength.<\/p>\n

So stretch out a few of your main muscle groups today. Go very slowly, and don’t force anything or make sharp, sudden movements. Lean gently into each stretch and take your time, and don’t overextend yourself. You have twenty whole minutes to do this so there’s no rush.<\/p>\n

You can try:<\/p>\n