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Strong Women
Move of the week: roll downs will help you unwind and stretch your entire body
By Alice Porter
3 years ago
Welcome to our Move Of The Week series. Every Monday, we’ll be sharing one of our favourite exercises with you – how to do them, what muscles they work and why they should be a regular part of your workout regime. This week: roll downs.
Do you ever feel like you need to completely unravel every bone and muscle in your body after a long day of sitting at your desk or a killer workout? We move our bodies into so many foreign positions every day, which, as you probably know, can easily catch up with you, leading to back pain and discomfort in other parts of the body too.
Regularly stretching is one of the best ways to prevent and deal with this and the roll down is one of the best full-body stretches, targeting the spinal muscles in particular. You can do it anywhere and it’s the perfect excuse to take a quick, two-minute break from work.
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