- Apr 8, 2011
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in high school, i never had time. i woke up at 530, showered, got ready, went to school until 2, straight to practice until 5, and then i worked until 10/11 almost every night. add in homework, football and basketball games, weekend practices and competitions, and i had zero time. i stretched some at practice but not nearly enough.
so eventually i had to figure out how to use my time more wisely. in gym class at school, we got to choose "electives" (i.e. you could choose between soccer, archery, yoga, lifting, etc. for each semester) so, i was the only girl to choose going to our weight room with the football players and i would stretch there. my teacher didn't mind because i was doing something physical and i would still lift for about 10 minutes. (periods were 45 min) I would stretch for the remaining 30 minutes. My coach also thought of ways for us to stretch in class in our desks. :p (and yes everyone thought we were insane) but even an extra 5 min here and there did help.
I also spent the five minutes before i went to sleep and the five minutes before i got out of my bed in the morning stretching in my bed. since i was already laying down, i would do "kicks" and pull some things. you'd be surprised how much the little things eventually do help.
so eventually i had to figure out how to use my time more wisely. in gym class at school, we got to choose "electives" (i.e. you could choose between soccer, archery, yoga, lifting, etc. for each semester) so, i was the only girl to choose going to our weight room with the football players and i would stretch there. my teacher didn't mind because i was doing something physical and i would still lift for about 10 minutes. (periods were 45 min) I would stretch for the remaining 30 minutes. My coach also thought of ways for us to stretch in class in our desks. :p (and yes everyone thought we were insane) but even an extra 5 min here and there did help.
I also spent the five minutes before i went to sleep and the five minutes before i got out of my bed in the morning stretching in my bed. since i was already laying down, i would do "kicks" and pull some things. you'd be surprised how much the little things eventually do help.