The Samson Stretch is an excellent stretch that combines balance and flexibility. It can be used both as a warm up exercise before training and as a cool down exercise after training.
- Lace fingers and turn palms outward locking arms
- Push arms and hands out to horizontal
- Push hands forward and head back getting nose as far away from hands as possible
- Keep gaze straight ahead
- Push arms to overhead
- Push hands hard towards ceiling
- Keep arms perpendicular to floor
- Keep palms turned to ceiling
- Close space between head and arms by raising shoulders
- Lunge forward as far as possible with one leg
- Let trailing leg's knee settle to the ground
- Push hips forward feeling stretch in front leg and back
- Maintain push to ceiling, perpendicular arms, closed arm-head gap, gaze forward
- Hold for 30 seconds
- Repeat with other leg.
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