Olympic High Jumper Brandon Starc shows us his favourite dynamic stretches.
Brandon Starc's dynamic stretches
23 Feb 2021
Q: What does healthy living mean to you?
To me, healthier living means to live a balanced lifestyle which consists of a wholesome diet with plenty of exercise
Q: Why do you think it's important to lead a healthy lifetyle?
As an athlete optimal nutrition compliments my training, which increase my chances of performing at my best. When I retire, continuing a healthy lifestyle will help me maintain my quality of life and prevent chronic illnesses.
Q: What's your best healthy food tip?
A hot tip of mine to make a meal healthier is adding fruit to leafy salads which uses their natural sweetness rather than adding sugary dressings. One of my absolute favorite sides to any meal is a salad with kale, red cabbage and carrot topped with a mango and toasted pepitas.
Hi guys, Brandon Starc here, Olympic high jumper. Today I'm going to share with you one of my favourite ways to stay fit, brought to you by Coles Healthier Living. Dynamic stretching focusing on the lower half of the body. Each of these exercises you're going to do for 10 reps. First one is leg swings, you want to go over to somewhere where you can hold on to whether it be a wall or a pole ,you want to make sure your upper body is nice and still, only swinging the leg. And the other side.
Now once you've done that you want to face the wall or pole whatever you're holding on to and do some side swings. Again, making sure your upper body stays quite still.
And on the other side.
All right this next one is called hamstring sweeps. Now you're going to take a little step and sweep, big arms. As you go and stretch your hamstrings. The next one is called knee hugs and the name kind of explains itself. Just want to go high and hug the knee.
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