
Learn how stretching exercises can help with muscle pain and posture in this free online health and fitness course. This health and fitness course explains how to stretch your muscles with proven workout routines you can do at home. We show how regular stretching exercises can improve blood flow and range of motion, decrease muscle degeneration and alleviate muscle pain. We provide 26 dynamic and static stretches and explain which exercise targets each vital muscle group. This course suits anyone looking to improve their posture and overall health and fitness.
| Course Category | Wellbeing |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Explain the science and benefits of stretching • Discuss the most common stretching mistakes • List the safety aspects of a stretching routine • Compare static and dynamic stretching • Outline a daily full-body stretching routine • Describe the stretching exercises that help with strength training or weightlifting • Indicate the specific muscles used while performing various dynamic and static stretches • Classify the stretching exercises based on targeted muscles and body parts • Explain how to do different dynamic and static stretches for a full-body routine • Evaluate the importance of stretching exercises for different lifestyles and professions |
| Course Code | 1344 |



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