Eek my muscles are terrible!

[Starlurk]

Guys my muscles are in poor shape. x_X Forget losing weight, this is a more urgent matter for me.

Every morning I wake up feeling sore in my back, my arms, and my legs. It's easy to blame the old old bed but I think it has to do more with how tense my muscles are.

To tell you exactly how poor off they are let me recollect an embarrassing moment from three days ago. I was on the floor, sitting with my foot flat under my butt and the floor and as I went to stand up, I twisted it into standing position and it *sprained*. Sprained! I need to lose weight but I'm not that heavy!

So, here's my problem, I know absolutely no stretches, which means I don't stretch appropriately before exercise.

This guild has been so quiet lately that I don't feel guilty asking anyone if they have any nifty resources (with lots of pictures!) that can show me stretches that will help my muscles. <3 Thanks guys!  

[Iconised Ghost]

i dont have any diagrams, i only know stretches from doing martial arts sad But if you go to a gym im sure that they will be happy to show you how to do some stretches.

I can try to describe some stuff i do, but you probably need someone who knows what they are doing to show you properly. What stretches you do will depend on what exercise you are going to do too

Before running etc stretch your leg muscles. Do you know how to do lunges? Kinda do a lunge, but make your stance longer so you stretch out the back leg's muscles

You can rotate your ankles to get them a bit warmer before you start

You can stand on one leg and hold the other leg up behind you, this stretches your ham muscles i think (it feels god anyway ^_^)

You can stand on one leg, have the other leg slightly out in front, and point that leg's toes to the ceiling while keeping the heel on the ground. Bend your supporting leg to stretch the back of the thigh

I found these sites that might help you

http://www.cigstretching.com/
http://www.aikido-reading.co.uk/micro_site/stretching/15_stretches.htm
http://www.nismat.org/traintip/runner/stretch.html  

[Starlurk]

Thank you <3  

[Iconised Ghost]

no prob ^_^ have injury free fun with your stretches mrgreen