Group: New Members Greet & Meet - Introduce yourself

New Members Greet & Meet - Introduce yourself
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 1539, Messages: 27038

Officially introduce yourself to the community by sharing your goals, obstacles or accomplishments. Don't be shy.. we're all here for the same reason. The more support we share the easier it will be to reach our goals!

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New Mom Seeking Stretching Routine

NewMom06
NewMom06
Posts: 3
Joined: 2006/12/12
United States
2006/12/12, 01:31 PM
Hey There...I'm a new mom...seeking a good, safe stretching routine. I used to be a ballerina, and am used to a pretty harsh stretch routine. How can I adjust that to fit my needs now? How do I know that I've done enough stretching for one muscle group?
flyonthewall
flyonthewall
Posts: 1,823
Joined: 2005/01/18
Canada
2006/12/13, 09:48 AM
Welcome to FT newmom! Generally a good stretching routine for weight routines is to simply get your blood flowing with 5-10min of light cardio and then start each weight exercise with one set of light wt to prepare the muscles for the load. When you're done your stretching routine just do some standard stretches for hamstrings, chest, arms etc. I'm sure if you use the search buddy on this site you'll come up with some more specific ideas and there may even be some stretches listed in the Fitness Resources above.