Greetings to you all steemians of steemfitnesshub, i'm here again to take you guys on another workout-challenge. Before that, i sincerely commend all of you our participants, who engaged and showcased their practice sessions in our previous workouts. Kudos to you all.

Today's workout focuses on flexibility. Flexibility is one of the major kinds of fitness exercises. Just like aerobic and muscles strengthening fitness, flexibility comes from stretching. The muscles are repeatedly shortened after been used, especially when working out. Thus, the muscles need to be stretched slowly and regularly in other to counter repeated shortening that happens through exercise. Cobra stretch exercise happens to be one the exercises for flexibility. In this article will know the following...

° Cobra stretch exercise.

°Benefits.

°How to do it

°Mistakes to avoid

Cobra stretch exercise

Cobra stretch is one of the stretching exercises for flexibility. As the name implies, you assume the posture of a cobra when doing the exercise. The cobra stretch was derived from the cobra yoga stretch. The targeted muscles groups are as follows...

° Abdominals

° Lower back

° Pecs and Arms

Benefits

° Cobra stretch has proven to be effective in burning belly fat, and effective in stabilizing the spine.

° As a post-workout exercise, cobra stretch counters the repeated shortening of the muscles which happens when the muscles are used in exercise.

° It helps in reducing stress, and also stimulates the disgestive organ.

° Cobra stretch gets your butts toned, and makes your spine muscle stronger.

How to do it

Method 1: lay flat with your tummy on a mat, place your palms on the floor and under your chest and ensure that your thighs are parallel to each other. Stretch your feet so as to support you while stretching your shoulders and torso up. Check out the image below below.

Method 2: Assume a cobra posture by stretching your elbows and lifting your shoulders and torso up to a position where you Feel comfortable.

Method 3: Maintain the position for about 40 seconds to 2mins. Make sure to keep your head and neck stretched.

Note: There is no fixed time for holding unto the cobra stretch position. It all depends on individuals strengths and agility.

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