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Happy Holidays! This month’s WOW will focus on massaging and stretching the muscles of your hand. Typing, texting, and other hand related work can make your forearms and fingers sore. Massage and stretching can help alleviate this pain so you can feel your best.
The more you can stretch out your hands, the quicker you can unwrap presents!
Exercise: Thumb massage.
How to perform: With your right palm facing up, press your left thumb into your right thumb. You might feel some pain and tightness where your right thumb connects to your right forearm. Gently massage and rotate your right thumb clockwise/counterclockwise to loosen up this area.
Duration: Repeat for 30 seconds on the right side and switch to left.
Happy Thanksgiving!!! In celebration of this holiday, this month’s WOW’s will focus on performing leg exercises. These exercises can help improve lower body strength and sculpt your muscles.
We won’t break a leg or have a turkey leg but work your legs!
Exercise: Bodyweight squat.
How to perform: Move your feet shoulder width apart and point your toes out. Push your hips back as if you are sitting in a chair and squat down. Keep your spine upright and engage your core by sucking in your stomach. Stand up tall and lock out your knees.
Duration: Repeat for 8 repetitions on each side.
Happy Thanksgiving!!! In celebration of this holiday, this month’s WOW’s will focus on performing leg exercises. These exercises can help improve lower body strength and sculpt your muscles.
We won’t break a leg or have a turkey leg but work your legs!
Exercise: Standing hamstring curl.
How to perform: Place your hands on your hips and bend your knee without moving your hip. Bring your heel to your glute and you should feel a contraction in the back of your thigh. Slowly release your heel to the ground and repeat again.
Duration: Repeat for 8 repetitions on each side.
Happy Thanksgiving!!! In celebration of this holiday, this month’s WOW’s will focus on performing leg exercises. These exercises can help improve lower body strength and sculpt your muscles.
We won’t break a leg or have a turkey leg but work your legs!
Exercise: High knees.
How to perform: Stand up tall bring your knee up to your chest. Shift the weight to your heel on the other leg and keep that knee locked. Maintain balance without moving side to side or wobbling. Slowly release your knee down and repeat again.
Duration: Repeat for 8 repetitions on each side.
Happy Thanksgiving!!! In celebration of this holiday, this month’s WOW’s will focus on performing leg exercises. These exercises can help improve lower body strength and sculpt your muscles.
We won’t break a leg or have a turkey leg but work your legs!
Exercise: Lateral leg lift.
How to perform: Stand up tall and place your hands on your hips. Lift your leg laterally while maintaining an upright spine. Keep your knee straight and point your ankle to your face as you lift the leg up.
Duration: Repeat for 8 repetitions on each side.
Happy Thanksgiving!!! In celebration of this holiday, this month’s WOW’s will focus on performing leg exercises. These exercises can help improve lower body strength and sculpt your muscles.
We won’t break a leg or have a turkey leg but work your legs!
Exercise: Standing lunge.
How to perform: Place your right foot in front of you and your left foot behind you. Bend your back knee and lower to the ground. Do not let your front knee go past your toes. Keep your chest lifted and maintain upright posture throughout the exercise.
Duration: Repeat for 8 repetitions on each side.
Now that the weather is (finally!) cooler, this month’s WOW’s will focus on stretching the muscles of the feet. Walking is a great way to add in fitness throughout your day, and it’s a good idea to stretch out your legs as they can become tired throughout the workday.
Exercise: Standing foot stretch.
How to perform: Stand up tall and point your toes down on your right foot. Make sure you keep an upright spine and gently lean forward. You should feel a deep stretch on the top of your foot and the front of your leg.
Duration: Hold for 30 seconds and repeat on both sides.
Now that the weather is (finally!) cooler, this month’s WOW’s will focus on stretching the muscles of the feet. Walking is a great way to add in fitness throughout your day, and it’s a good idea to stretch out your legs as they can become tired throughout the workday.
Exercise: Standing soleus stretch.
How to perform: This stretch is very similar to the calf stretch with one variation. Stand up tall and place your left foot in front of you and place your right foot behind you. Bend the front knee and bend the back knee while shifting your bodyweight to your toes and maintaining an upright spine. You should feel a deep stretch in the calf and ankle muscles of the right leg.
Duration: Hold for 30 seconds and repeat on both sides.
Happy July! I hope you are all enjoying this sunshine. This month we are stretching out the muscles of your neck. I know after a long day of work, my upper neck muscles get stiff and sore. Regular stretching can increase range of motion and reduce pain.
Exercise: Neck rotations.
How to perform: Sit up tall and rotate your neck clockwise. Move slow and controlled and build as much range of motion as you can.
Duration: Perform 5 rotations clockwise and counterclockwise
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