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Stretching and boxing go hand-in-glove. Like all athletic sports and exercise programs, because boxing requires quick movements and agility with the arms and legs, injury to the muscles happens. Stretching before a boxing session or match helps eliminate those injuries and opens the door to quick recoveries.
Take a squat position and place your feet flat on the ground.
Position your weight on one bent knee and straighten the opposite leg sideways.
Clasp your right ankle using your right hand and clasp your left ankle using your left hand.
Breathe out and lower your whole upper torso to your straightened leg.
Quadriceps Stretch for Boxing
Position yourself in a squat while both hands are on the ground for support.
Rest one leg on the ground.
Clasp your rear foot and pull the heel to your buttocks
Pay sharp attention to maintaining parallel alignment of the hips, knees and feet of both legs.
Shoulder Stretch for Boxing
Place your body in a push up position.
Keep the arms as wide as possible.
Breathe and gradually lower the chest until it almost touches the ground.
Return to starting position.
Neck Stretch for Boxing
Assume your position on the ground, lying on your back with both knees bent.
Interlock your hands behind your head closest to the crown.
Breathe out and bring the head onto the chest.
Keep both shoulder blades flat on the ground.
Take a squat position and place your feet flat on the ground.
Position your weight on one bent knee and straighten the opposite leg sideways.
Clasp your right ankle using your right hand and clasp your left ankle using your left hand.
Breathe out and lower your whole upper torso to your straightened leg.
Quadriceps Stretch for Boxing
Position yourself in a squat while both hands are on the ground for support.
Rest one leg on the ground.
Clasp your rear foot and pull the heel to your buttocks
Pay sharp attention to maintaining parallel alignment of the hips, knees and feet of both legs.
Shoulder Stretch for Boxing
Place your body in a push up position.
Keep the arms as wide as possible.
Breathe and gradually lower the chest until it almost touches the ground.
Return to starting position.
Neck Stretch for Boxing
Assume your position on the ground, lying on your back with both knees bent.
Interlock your hands behind your head closest to the crown.
Breathe out and bring the head onto the chest.
Keep both shoulder blades flat on the ground.
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