Everyone should be stretching a couple of times daily as everything we do to our bodies during the day results in short, tightened muscles - whether you have a physical job or a stationary desk job. Without stretching daily the muscles become tighter and shorter and it is this shortness that creates the inability to lengthen by choice or by some other outside force like tripping. When our muscles are suddenly taken out of their comfort zone an injury can quickly follow. Typically the back, especially the lower back is the first to get injured. This is because a lot of muscles when they become short will directly affect the back. So if you have a bad back or not this “Praying Stretch” could be well worth doing.
Why this stretch?
I thought I would get my teeth into the subject of peanuts and their relation to our diets. There seems to be a common consensus that whilst the faithful peanut is good for us it has a high calorie count which puts dieters off. But should they be put off? A good question and one I hope I can answer one way or another.
This idea continually gets mentioned by the ill-informed. They see someone becoming weaker through lack of exercise, resulting in a nice extra dollop of body fat and they assume it is the muscle turning to fat. Well, as with a lot of gym based myths, I am going to try and do my part to end this notion.
Ah the sit up, is it a good exercise or is it bad? Does it work the abdominals properly? Does it make your stomach stick out? These are all questions that surround this exercise which I feel makes the whole thing very confusing and might result in people not doing the exercise. This would be a shame as it is a very good exercise for the abs when it is completed with good technique.
