Fit to Print Volume 24 Issue 3 September 2015 | Page 24

Sports
Stretch
continued from page 9
Fig F - Standing Wide Angle Side Stretch
Fig C1 - Seated Diamond

Fig C2 - Seated Diamond

Fig D - Front Lunge

your elbows, and slowly lean your trunk
forward and out over your legs. Hold for
30 seconds. See figures C1 and C2

3. Front Lunge - Stand with feet hipwidth apart. Step your left foot behind
you with heel lifted as you bend your
right knee, bringing your hands down to
the floor. Make sure the right knee does
not go past your toes; try to line it up
over your right ankle. Keep your chest
lifted as best as you can, lengthening
through your spine and press back
through the left heel. Hold for 20 to 30
seconds. Switch legs. See Figure D.

4. Seated side stretch - Sit tall with legs
open out to your sides in a straddle seat.
Open legs only as wi