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Stretching!\u00a0 It’s super important.\u00a0 I never stretch before I workout, but I should definitely stretch after I finish a workout.\u00a0 I manage this about 50% of the time.<\/p>\n

Well, okay, maybe 25% of the time.<\/p>\n

Okay, okay, I only stretch when something feels tight.<\/p>\n

This is not the way to stretch!<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, I am walking around like an old lady because my entire lower back is sore.\u00a0 This happens to me from time to time because my hips get tight and then pull on my back.\u00a0 It took forever and a day for me to figure out why my back was getting so sore, and it’s a super easy fix.\u00a0 Stretch my hips.<\/p>\n

What have I not been doing?\u00a0 Stretching.<\/p>\n

Yes, I will probably live.\u00a0 This is not a life threatening injury.\u00a0 But if I were smarter, I would take five to ten minutes after every workout and prevent the problem all together.<\/p>\n

I think that it’s probably after I bike that I need to be really careful to stretch.\u00a0 I believe this to be true based on my powers of deduction. This winter, I avoided my bike in favor of running.\u00a0 (I am hoping to not do this again this coming winter.)\u00a0 I had zero issues with my back.\u00a0 But once I returned to cycling, there it was.\u00a0 Doesn’t mean I’m doing anything wrong while biking, I just am failing to stretch.<\/p>\n

So learn from my continual mistakes.\u00a0 Stretch.\u00a0 Stretch after every workout.\u00a0 It’s worth it.<\/p>\n

Now I’m off to find my tennis ball to try to work out this knot in my hip.<\/p>\n

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