Today, Howcast and I are going to show you
how to stretch effectively for your boxing
training.
We're going to do it in our linear line fashion,
stretching from head to toe.
Delen, let's get started over here.
Let's get warmed up.
Knee-ups from that corner to me, knee-ups
all the way down.
There you go, that's it.
Pull your knee all the way up to your chest,
keeping your spine straight, and turn around,
walk in a straight line down.
We're raising our blood temperature a little
bit, getting our muscle tissue ready to function,
and one more time.
And now, you can go heel-ups to your glutes.
Turn around.
You can utilize these stretches at home.
Most professional athletes all do line drills,
so this is the way you get warmed up properly.
And then, knee up and out.
Keep your spine straight.
As you can see, Delen is very flexible there
in the piriformis muscle.
Turn around.
Now, wake up your core.
One leg behind, make a tourniquet with your
foot and your hand, and reach out into a Superman.
Try that.
Let's see how good your balance is.
Superman out, and back down, beautiful.
Again.
Good.
Step forward now and work the other leg.
Superman out.
This is where the tourniquet action comes
into play.
He just forms a tight relationship between
his hand and his instep, and he reaches out
into a Superman.
Alternating legs, forward.
That's it.
Leg down and step forward.
Lunge forward, make sure that knee cap isn't
coming forward your toe, all right?
Lunge forward, good.
Very important, here.
When Delen walks forward here and he lunges
down, that knee isn't going to come forward
from your toe, and your core is contracted,
it's tight there.
Down, and your spine is slightly leaning forward
in an athletic position to engage your core.
When you lunge down, you come up and squeeze
your glutes together, all right?
So you use muscle tension to rise.
If you learn to move functionally, your body
is going to be much more efficient, especially
when it comes to boxing movement.
