Airport Chair Stretching Exercises

@Redmountainspa

By Kim Watters,
Fitness Manager

1. Inner Thigh Stretch: Sit towards the front edge of your chair. Open your legs wide with your knees bent. Put your hands on the insides of your knees and push back opening your legs wider and deepening the stretch.


2. Hamstring & Calf Stretch: Sit towards the front edge of your chair. Straighten your legs, and pull your toes towards your shins. Lean forward with your hands on the tops of your thighs for support (flexing at your hip joints).


3. Glut, Hip & Outer Thigh Stretch: Sit towards the front edge of your chair. Cross your left ankle over your right knee and lean forward flexing from your hip joints, moving your chest closer to your shin bone.


4. Ab & Side Stretch: Sit towards the front edge of your chair. Lengthen your arms over head and exaggerate your reach. Also, try reaching farther through your right hand lengthening the right side of your body more, then switch reaching through the left hand and the right heel.


5. Neck Stretch: Sit towards the front edge of your chair. Raise your shoulders up and press down. Repeat a few times, then roll them forward, up, back and then down. Repeat a few times. Turn head as far to the right as possible. Repeat to the left. Next, tilt head to the right and then repeat to the left. Next tilt the chin down and then pull the chin in towards the Adams apple.


6. Back Stretch: Sit forward on your chair and open the legs a little wider than the hips. Lean forward from the hips and drop your torso down. Let the head and arms hang down toward the floor.

Hold your stretches for at least 20 seconds and you can repeat them up to four times for the most flexibility gains.