Look, the heat is here,
but so is football season.
And with all the work that we're doing,
a lot of us back in the office and
now switching over to the weekends,
we're gonna be sitting down on the couch,
probably chowing down some nachos,
drinking some beer,
but sitting down for very long hours,
probably 7 hours of commercial free football,
which means that we need to stretch here.
So we have Aaron, we have Caitlin
and the crew here from Stretch Lab,
Little Italy, and Aaron.
First, let's talk about Stretch
Lab and and the focus and
importance that you guys put on.
Stretching, yeah,
stretching super important,
especially if you're sitting down all day.
It can help increase your mobility.
You're super tight all day.
Sitting in one position,
it's really easy to injure yourself.
Then you're going to the gym,
you're gonna be really limited and
how much power you can output.
So here it stretch.
Little Italy.
We we do one-on-one assisted stretching
to really lengthen you out and get
you ready to improve performance,
improve your mobility,
increase your range of motion,
increase blood flow,
and generally live long.
And for you, Caitlin has stretching.
Always been something that
has been a key focus on,
on your kind of fitness journey or
is it something just recently that
you started really focusing on?
Yeah, I consider myself to
be a very active person,
so stretching is really important
to me to make sure that I kind
of prevent any possible injuries
and just keep my body moving
for as long as I possibly can.
Do you? Do you have to?
I mean, obviously you don't have to,
but I think a lot of times
people think that you have to
be active in order to stretch.
And so they'll just wake up.
They go about their daily life.
But you don't necessarily have to be
going to the gym every day to get a
quick stretch in the morning, right?
No, it's great. It's great for everyone
if you're just sitting at the desk,
if you're just walking around the
town anytime your muscles are still
active and doing things or they're just
sitting in static positions all day.
Gotta let that loosen up and get ready to go.
Alright, so starting this Sunday
coming up here, of course CBS
going to be carrying some games.
We've got 7 hours of commercial
free football in the red zone.
A lot of people are gonna be on the couch,
if you will, watching whatever
team it is that they root for.
So maybe in between some commercial breaks.
There's some stretches it
people can do at home. Guys.
Yeah. We're gonna show you
a quick little routine.
Yeah, you can do this standing or seated,
either between commercials
or if you're just watching,
Caitlin's gonna lead us through.
She's one of our flexi ologists
and Little Italy. Yeah.
So we'll start tilting your head
to the right, bringing your
right ear to your right shoulder,
and you're just going to bring
your hand up lightly pull your
neck so you get a nice stretch
all in the side right there.
Take a big breath in here.
And you're gonna slowly come
back to center and we're gonna do
the same thing on the left side,
left shoulder to your left ear,
bring that hand up and get a light
stretch all down that side of the neck.
Good.
And slowly come back to center.
And how important is that?
Not only the time under duration
that you're stretching,
but making sure you're coming back,
especially with the body part,
like the neck coming back slowly
as you were pointing out.
Yes. Yeah. So we're going to
want to hold these stretches for
about 30 seconds on each side.
And it is definitely important to come
out slowly just so we don't cause any
tweaks or injuries in that muscle. Right.
OK. So the next one we're going to do,
you're going to step that left
leg forward onto your heel,
get a slight bend in that right knee,
and you're just going to reach
down to your left foot.
So you should be feeling a nice
deep stretch in the back of the
hamstring back of the leg right there.
Take a big breath here.
And you're gonna slowly come back up.
And we're gonna do the same
thing on the other side.
Step that right foot forward onto that heel.
Slowly reach down to that right foot,
get a nice stretch in the
back of that right leg.
Big breath here.
And exhale and slowly come back to standing.
And now, it's also probably
not recommended to do the
stretching in in business attire.
I'm trying to keep everything in, guys.
I do think I'm a little bit
more flexible than this,
but you can obviously do some
stretches and it doesn't.
You don't have to be wearing
athletic gear as well, too, right?
No, absolutely. You can do it in
whatever you're comfortable wearing.
Yeah. OK. So the next one,
we're going to get into a kneeling position.
So bring that left leg forward so you're
a nice kneel and then you're going
to slowly push your hips. Forward.
Bring that knee in the hips forward.
You should be feeling a nice deep
stretch all throughout the right
side of that hip flexor area.
Take a big breath in here.
And when you exhale slowly,
come back and we're going to switch sides.
So you're going to bring that right
foot forward and you're gonna do
the same thing slowly shift forward.
So you get that nice stretch all
throughout the left hip flexor.
One big breath here. And exhale.
Slowly come back to your knees
and we're gonna sit down now.
Right. So for the last stretch,
you're gonna bring your left leg up.
OK, then that knee and you're
gonna bring it over your right leg.
So you're kind of Criss crossed.
Take your right arm and you're going
to twist over and you're going to push.
Get a nice twist in that back.
OK? Yeah, take a big breath here.
And exhale.
And we're gonna come back to center
and we're gonna do the same thing
with the right side.
Bring your right knee up,
cross it over that left leg, left ARM comes.
And push your back into a nice spinal twist.
Big breath here. And exhale.
And come back to center.
And
so I know that we just probably stretched out
a variety of muscles and body parts there,
but are there any that maybe people tend to,
even if they do stretch on a daily basis?
Forget about. Would you guys say like
what's the most important if you had
to stretch out one body part a day?
What would kind of be maybe the focus if
you're sitting down a lot,
your hip flexors and hamstrings
are going to be shortened all day.
So those two that we did with
the kneeling and the straight
leg going to be sort of the.
The golden ticket to that
and real quick, where can people
find out more about stretch lap?
You can go on Facebook or Instagram.
Stretch lab, Little Italy,
you can call us at the studio, 619-393-2193.
You can check us out in Little Italy,
just come in the door or you
can download the Stretch Lab app
and look up our studio. Awesome.
Well, thank you guys so much.
Great job today.