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It will take you about 3 minutes to complete this set of stretching exercises. Also remember to warm up your muscles before stretching.

1. Stretching the trapezoid and shoulders

Brief description of the exercise: raise your shoulders up, feeling tension in the trapezium and neck.

2. Exercise to relax the muscles of the shoulder girdle

Brief description of the exercise: raise your hands with your palms up and slightly back to feel a slight stretch.

3. Exercise for armpits and shoulders

Brief description of the exercise: take the right hand by the elbow with the other hand and slowly lean to the left side.

4. Turns to the sides

A brief description of the exercise: turn the body and head to one side, trying to look over your shoulder, while turning your hips to the other side.

5. Relaxing the hamstring muscles

Brief description of the exercise: take a standing position with your knees slightly bent, this will contract the quadriceps and relax the hamstrings.

6. Quads and Knees Stretch

Brief description of the exercise: in a standing position, take the foot of the opposite leg with your hand and gently pull the heel to the buttocks.

7. Stretching the front of the hip belt

Brief description of the exercise: slowly lower the pelvis down, feeling the stretch in the hip girdle.

8. Squatting

Brief description of the exercise: squat down with your feet turned at an angle of 15-20 degrees and, depending on your flexibility, spread your knees 10-30 cm.

When there is not enough time, perform an abbreviated complex (exercises No. 3, 4, 7, 8). It will take about 1.5 minutes.

Author: Alexander Kuznetsov based on the book Stretching for Everyone by Bob and Jill Anderson

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