15-Minute Stretch and Shape Routine
Stretch and Shape Routine – This stretching routine is great when you don’t feel like exercising and you need to send your body some love. 15 minutes is all you need to recharge with this routine. Stretching keeps the muscles flexible, strong, and healthy, and we need that flexibility to maintain a range of motion in the joints. Without it, the muscles shorten and become tight. Then, when you call on the muscles for activity, they are weak and unable to extend all the way. This is also a great stretching routine to do after a workout at home or in the gym.
Make sure to also do my other stretching video: stretching for flexibility.
What You Need:
- Yoga Mat
- Pilates Ring, exercise band or yoga strap
- Quiet area to stretch
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15-Minute Stretch and Shape Routine Video
Benefits Of Stretching
There are so many benefits to stretching for your body, your health, and your wellness. Make the time to stretch, and your body will love you back.
- Improves Your Posture
- Reduces Stress
- Prevents Injury
- Eases Back Pain
- Improves Your Exercise Form
- Boosts Your Joint Health
- Improves Sleep
- Improves flexibility
Stronger Body Workout
Carren Marvin
Laura, I just want to thank you so much for making videos that are approachable and not intimidating for beginners. I don’t have a ton of weight to lose, but I still feel SO self-conscious exercising in any way, shape, or form. For this reason, I won’t ever do it at a gym or where others can see me; I’ve even felt self-conscious exercising in the privacy of my own home! I was always made fun of for how uncoordinated and definitely-NOT-athletic I am (I was a nerd instead). Now that I’m middle aged and want to tone up and feel better physically, I fight those old voices in my head. Anyway, I said all of that to say that I REALLY appreciate your videos for beginners. I feel like I can do them, and you are very supportive and affirming. You don’t move too fast, which is important for people like me who can’t learn repetitive movements quickly. Thank you so much.
Laura London
Hi Carren. I am so happy you are doing and enjoying the workouts. I understand where you are coming from. If you don’t know my story, I never played a sport in my life growing up because my brother had Hemophilia. So I was not athletic at all. I tried exercise videos growing up, some aerobics classes and even Zumba (I wound up crying) because I felt very uncoordinated in those types of environments and self conscious. The whole class would shuffle left and I would move right. Ugh… In my mid life I found weight training and fell in love. I could do this. You can do this too. It does not have to be fast or complicated. Slow and controlled, making the mind muscle connection and most of all being consistent are the keys. Thank you so much for reaching out to me, I appreciate it so very much. Stay healthy and safe.