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Adjustable Stretch Strap

Challenge PRO" Adjustable Stretch Strap Exercises

Hamstring Stretch:  Place the center of the strap over the sole of your left foot.  Lie on your back and extend your leg while pulling down on handles of the strap.  (Adjust the length of the strap if necessary, to allow for ideal stretch.)  Relax the contraction momentarily and repeat the stretch moving the leg closer towards the upper torso.  Hold the stretch for 20 seconds.  Repeat with other leg. 

Quadricep Stretch:  Loop one handle over the sole of your left foot.  Lie face down with legs outstretched.  Holding the opposite end of the strap in front of you in your right hand, pull the strap so that the left heel approaches the buttocks while keeping thighs flat on the floor.  Relax the contraction momentarily and then repeat the stretch moving the heel further towards the buttocks.  Hold the stretch for 20 seconds.  Repeat with other leg.  

Calf Stretch:  Sit tall on the floor with both legs outstretched in front of you.  Place the center of the strap around the soles of both feet and hold the handles in each hands.  (Adjust the strap length to allow for ideal stretch.)  Push forward with your heels while pulling the handles towards your body.  relax the contraction momentarily and then repeat the stretch.  Hold for 20 seconds.  

 

Inner Thigh Stretch:  Loop one handle over the sole of your left foot.  Lie on your back with legs outstretched.  Holding the strap in your right hand which is above your head, slowly pull your leg outward along the floor until you feel a stretch.  Relax the contraction momentarily and then repeat the stretch.  Hold for 20 seconds.  Repeat with the other leg.  

Tricep Stretch:  Holding one handle in your right hand, place your right elbow near your head and your right hand behind your head.  Let the strap hand down the center of your back  Grasp the strap with your left hand.  Gently pull with your left hand until you feel the stretch.  Relax the contraction momentarily and then repeat the stretch moving the strap further downward.  Hold the stretch for 20 seconds.  Repeat with the other hand. 

Outer Thigh Stretch:  Sit tall on the floor with both legs outstretched in front of you.  Place the center of the strap around the soles of both feet and hold the handles in each hand.  (Adjust the strap length to allow for ideal stretch.)  Slowly spread your legs outward until you fell the stretch.  Relax the contraction momentarily and then repeat the stretch moving the legs further apart.  Hold the stretch for 20 seconds.  

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