TODAY fitness contributor Stephanie Mansour StepItUpwSteph shares some easy stretches you can do at home before and after going on a walk.
Stand with your feet hips-width apart and your arms straight down at your sides. Make sure you’re balanced, and begin to press your big toes together. Straighten your legs and tighten your quads so that you remain firm and balanced. Squeeze your glutes while straightening and elongating your spine, neck and shoulders. Raise your arms straight up overhead and reach toward the sky.From a standing position. Reach the arms out to the sides and up, and then dive forward hinging at your hips.
Think of moving your torso away from your knees. Repeat 5 times each.From a cross-legged, seated position, inhale as you reach your arms straight over your head. Exhale as you lean your chest forward over your legs, reaching your arms forward and resting them on the floor. Hold for 3 breaths. Feel a stretch in your low back. Then walk your hands over to the right and reach your arms on a diagonal to the right. Feel a stretch in the left side of your waist and back.
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