Stretch your booty

By Pam Mazzuca, BSC, CAT(C)

Keeping your muscles pliable isn’t the only reason you should stretch. In fact, loosening up your hips not only improves posture and decreases lower back pain, but it also helps build up your backside.

Between driving to and from work and relaxing on your couch, your hips are in a constant state of flexion. As your body adapts to these positions, your hip flexors shorten, your pelvis is pulled forward and your glutes and abs stretch and weaken. So what’s the solution here? Simple: Lengthen your hip flexors with an easy stretch. And while you’re stretching your hip flexors, it’s a good idea to stretch the other muscles that cross the hip joint. Loose hips will keep you feeling limber and young for years to come. So let the stretching begin!

via Robert Kennedy’s Oxygen Women’s Fitness.