How do you get used to stretching? Sometimes I don’t feel like stretching in the morning and don’t keep my streak up.

Sometimes I sleep with my shoulders hunched over so if I don’t stretch in the morning I will be in pain all day. I make myself think this every morning even if I’m perfectly fine so I want to stretch to avoid any pain.

In all honesty, you will never get used to changing your habits if you don’t treat your body and yourself seriously. For myself I have found it is easier to just treat it like a goal I have to make for two days in a row. Then I will push myself to add a further two days until I have completed a week of rising early, stretching to wake up and start my day. Sure, there are days when you don’t want to move or participate in getting out of bed early, stretching or even treating your body as a temple. When that happens I remind myself, "If not today...then when?" Usually that is incentive enough to search within myself to find that extra push I need to just get on with it. If you miss a day remember there is always tomorrow. Don’t beat yourself up as that is negative talk which undermines your goals to do better. After all, we are all individually responsible for our own personal journeys, aren’t we?

On the days I workout, I stretch a bit before and after working out as it is very important to avoid injury. On the off days, I normally just stretch mid-day to freshen up when I am getting tired.

Consistency with anything can be a challenge, on the days I don’t feel like stretching I just remind myself of the benefits that will come from it and tell myself that a minute of stretching today is better than a lifetime of discomfort from tight/stressed joints

Stretching is just part of getting up. One minute first thing in the morning actually helps me wake up faster. The faster I wake up the faster I can make coffee!

I stretch as soon as I get out of the bed. I move just a few feet away from my bed, step on my mat and follow a stretching routine. Sometimes I just don’t want to do it so it helps to have the mat laid out. I can’t leave the room without crossing it and that helps me to be successful.

For me it is easy as i feel too much tension on my back if i don’t stretch. My challange is to spare some time for it in the morning as i am always in antısh to go to work. Even if i dont strech in the morning my back pains remind me of stretching

I hate stretching too! But I make myself do it every day, at least once, because it makes me feel so much better. I guess I just put it on my list of things I have to do, and then do it because I have to do it.

Just get up and do it. Think about how you will have done it and can go through the rest of the day without having to do that again. Bribe yourself, if you must. "If I stretch now, I can x later." Even if the bribe is eating some sweet, the important thing is to make stretching a habit. You could also have a weekly, or monthly goal. "If I stretch every day for x amount of time, I may spend some time, or money, etc., on this thing I wanted to do."

i stretch in bed before i get up. I then try to move along doing stretches as i brush my teeth etc. I also stretch when i climb back in bed before i sleep.