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Saturday Stretch - Deep Hip Stretch


The last stretch that I showed you was the hip flexor stretch. This deep hip stretch, done on the floor, will not only stretch the muscles around the entire hip socket, but will also increase your flexibility in that area.

1 - Sit on the floor with one leg in front of you, bent into a 90 degree angle, knee on the floor. Keep your torso in the upright position.

2 - Push your other leg behind you, extending it as much as you can without changing the upright posture of your torso. Then, slowly begin to lean forward from your hips as you try to bring your chest towards the floor without rounding your back. Try to keep that bent front leg aligned with your shoulders straight across from knee to foot. Even out your shoulders over that leg, making sure one is not higher than the other. If you are able to get low enough, rest your elbows on the floor and just relax with your body draped over that front leg.

3 - Unclench and relax the hip socket of that front leg (trust me, you are clenching it). Relax it and feel that hip socket open up a bit. Continue to try to straigten your back leg. This is what will help you to become more flexible.

4 - Hold for 10 to 20 seconds, making an effort to really open up the hip.

5 - Come up out of the stretch slowly, shake your legs out, and switch, putting the other leg in front.

This is one of my favorite stretches. I can actually go down and take a quick 2 minute meditation in this position, feeling my hip open as I stretch into it as deeply as possible. This is a great stretch for dancers and martial artists trying to get those kicks up nice and high! Do it a few times a week and you definitely will see that hip and leg flexibility improve!



Dick's Sporting Goods Starting Lineup Contest & $50 Giftcard Giveaway!

Hey, Guys! Join Me on Dick's Sporting Goods Starting Lineup contest and My $50 Gift Card Giveaway! Here's a chance to get to be the test dummies for new fitness products (free stuff!) and be on Dick's online panel of experts.
I am also running a contest for a $50 gift certificate to Dick's Sporting Goods, so you have two ways to win here. As summer draws near, don't miss out on the chance to possibly win some cool free fitness stuff! You know you're gonna need it! ;)


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Monday, March 15, 2010

Join Me on Dick's Sporting Goods Starting Lineup contest and My $50 Gift Card Giveaway!

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Yes, another giveaway, and the gifts will keep on getting bigger! ;)

Dick's Sporting Goods is running a contest on Twitter called 'The Starting Lineup'. What you can win is a chance to get to be the test dummies for new fitness products (free stuff!) and also to be on Dick's online panel of experts, among other things.
The Fitness Diva is running a contest for a $50 gift certificate to Dick's Sporting Goods, so you have two ways to win here. As summer will soon be here, do not miss out on the chance to possibly win some cool free fitness stuff! You're gonna need it! ;)

-- The specifics: --

What does it mean to be on the “Starting Lineup”?
• A chance to try out and preview new products
• A spot on an online panel of experts for one season (for approximately 3 months)
• Access to exclusive online surveys
• A chance to sound off on all things sports

Here are THE RULES to enter The Starting Lineup:

• Follow http://twitter.com/dickssportcmo.
• Vote for yourself (or someone else) by telling @dickssportcmo who should be on the "Starting Lineup" and why. Sample Tweet: “@dickssportcmo my vote is for @TwitterID because...”
• Recruit others to do the same.
• You can only vote for the same person once per day, but you can vote for multiple people in the same day.

*Make sure you're following @dickssportcmo or your vote won't count! ---->http://twitter.com/dickssportcmo.
The 10 nominees with the most votes by March 31, 2010 win.

-- Rules for the $50 giftcard giveaway: --



Comment on this post and tell me these 3 things:

Who's your favorite athlete
What's your favorite form of exercise
What would you do if you won the $50,000,000 lottery -that's fifty million- (and don't get all Miss America on me, claiming that you'll spend it on world peace or saving the whales). What would you REALLY do with it?? ;)

I will pick a winner from the 10 most creative answers to the fifty million dollar question, randomly, probably out of a hat! My contest ends also on 3/31/10. My winner will be announced on the 1st of April.

Go on Twitter now and enter Dick's contest here: The Starting Lineup.
Don't forget to come back and compete for my $50 gift card to Dick's Sporting Goods.

Good luck, and thanks for entering!

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