{"id":21299,"date":"2020-03-18T10:01:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T10:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-long-do-you-stretch-before-exercising\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T15:04:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T15:04:52","slug":"how-long-do-you-stretch-before-exercising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-long-do-you-stretch-before-exercising\/","title":{"rendered":"How long do you stretch before exercising?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Frederik A.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">First a quick warm up so you don\u2019t hurt your body while stretching. Then stretch all parts of the body for 20 minutes totally.<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"thefa-test2 thefa-entity-placement\" id=\"thefa-3488781873\"><div id=\"thefa-1245680149\"><style>.thefa-test2 {margin-bottom: 24px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"banner-content-position light-viol\">\r\n<div class=\"banner-text max400\">Stop wasting your mornings<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/start.thefabulous.co\/onboarding\/fabulous-initial?utm_source=community-qa&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=afterfirstquestionoranswer-purple-achievegoals\" class=\"banner-cta red w-inline-block\">\r\n<div>Build a better life<\/div><\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Albane C.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I don&#39;t really stretch prior to a workout- just a few gentle movements to get my blood flowing. I do my stretching after as part of recovery.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Bertha U.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">When it&#39;s a quick workout in the morning I don&#39;t generally stretch before. When I&#39;m going to do an intensive workout like Acro I stretch anywhere from 15-30min before.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Jordan P.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">Sometimes my exercise is just stretching only, like mixed with yoga. But when I went to the gym I used to do a warm up and then stretch like 15 min about, or do the sun salutation yoga sequence few times.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Benjamin U.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I have an app called Calm. And they have a segment ed morning stretch. I usually just do that right after getting up and before my morning workout!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Mark E.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">Depends on what I&#39;m going to be doing. If it&#39;s a targeted workout then I focus on getting warm first then I stretch the area I&#39;ll be working on and get going. I don&#39;t think there is a right answer to this question. It really depends on your body and what it needs<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Sarah C.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">It depends on the type of exercise you intend to do, but a 7 minute warm up including mobilisation, pulse raising and active stretches will set you up perfectly for almost any kind of exercise and reduce your risk of injury! Don\u2019t forget to cool down after too!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Aisha N.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I tend to stretch from 3 to 5 minutes before I start any workouts. <\/p>\n<p>My favorites have to be alternating between Cat&#x2F;Cow stretches, Neck to Chin, Ankle Rotations and Downward Dog to Plank.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frederik A. First a quick warm up so you don\u2019t hurt your body while stretching. Then stretch all parts of the body for 20 minutes totally. Albane C. I don&#39;t really stretch prior to a workout- just a few gentle movements to get my blood flowing. I do my stretching after as part of recovery. Bertha U. 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