<div class="block">Stretching is a great way to start and finish a workout but its even better when you have a partner to help. </div>

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Be Well: Benefits of Partner Stretching

So right now we are doing a partner stretch and I cannot tell you, oh, my goodness, how good it is because I'm so sore. So, Karina talk me through what we're doing right now. So we're slowly pulling each other and stretching our hamstring and lower back. And now, should you put a little tension on your partner? Like once they feel like they've reached the point, like right there. Yeah. Should you give a little hug? You, you should a little bit still pull each other and then once you can go any further, you just can stop. But it's really, you wanna do this for, you can do it for a few minutes and it's really, really essential to just a little bit maintain the stretch, right? Just hold on to it. You have to let it length it. Yeah, because it's the best feeling when you just it into that. Sure. And you keep stretching because I expected to feel my hamstring, but I'm surprised about how much I feel in my lower back. Yeah. Yeah, that's really great. Really great. Ok. So what's the next one we wanna do? We can take turns uh, first lay down and make sure you open your chest and you stretch a little bit on the, this one almost seems like a yoga move, but I'm doing it with you. So I'm kind of letting my head fall back like it's getting shampooed arching back and gently pulling you up and I'm stretching my shoulders and chest here. Do you want to try? Ok, I'm scared but yes, I want to try. Ok, so I'm going to go down, do my best. Ok. Oh, wow. Yes, I really feel that and I feel like I must be really pulling on you. Yeah, you can really feel it in your shoulders. Yes. It's incredible. Especially from all the push ups. It's like you really need to get into that area and lengthen it. Yeah. So you will feel really great. So we put our hands on each other's shoulders and we stretch our back here and our knee bend over. Ok. And should my legs be hip with a part? Yeah. And then we stretch just into our hamstring here. So I don't need to really push down or we slowly push on my shoulders and I slowly push on your shoulders. You could really feel it for your upper back as well. Yes, I can feel like your chest open up as well. Right. And now how long do I wanna hold this one here? We could stand for 30 seconds because this is really great. So you're really tired and then you get up and you can repeat it again multiple times. Ok. So then I wanna go back from the top again and do the whole thing. Oh, boy. Ok. So that's great though because so many times we focus so much on picking up a heavy weight or grabbing a resistance band and we don't think about the stretching that we need to do and you have to take time because in yoga, you also change the positions quite quickly. Yes. And for stretching, you have to be in the position for 30 seconds to one minute and you'll feel really great. All right. I love it. Thanks for being my partner.