And Hold, Two, Three, Four

As I get older, I find I have less time to stretch. And, I hate that. I loved to stretch. I made time to stretch. After a 15-20 minute stretch session, I felt long and limber. I felt like my muscles rejoiced and were happy I paid attention to them.

Unfortunately I haven’t had the time like I use to. You’re probably in the same boat. And I get it. Even if we live the most non-busy life, there are things we would like to do than stretch. Stretching shows us our body’s limits. Stretching isn’t comfortable especially when you need to hold the stretch for 10 seconds. There’s also the fear of not being able to get out of stretch! I hope that never happens to you!!

As we get older, our muscles, tendons, and ligaments aren’t as supple as they once were. We are more prone to injury from a simple stumble which at age 20 we would’ve walked away from without a second thought. Not so much now. We are thinking twice and perhaps three times about that stumble off the sidewalk. We think, “yep, that’s gonna hurt tomorrow.” We pop in 800 mg of any over the counter medication.

Stretching helps are bodies adapt to those stumbles as we age. Stretching allows us to feel long and limber as we age. Stretching keeps us feeling young and being active. Give it a try. Whether you can get down on the floor to stretch or sit in your chair to stretch, you’ll feel a difference. Stretch daily to see the results. It may be tedious and silly to do but, do it. Stretch while you’re watching TV. Stretch while you’re making dinner. Stretch while you’re on a phone call. Just start. You’ll realize that you plenty of opportunities to stretch and you’ll feel those positive effects.

OK, here we go… While you have been reading today’s blog, you could be stretching! So did you??