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Summary: Learn how to do the butterfly stretch and what muscles this stretches before running in this free fitness video on running techniques.

Views: 1,804 | Tags: techniques, running, how-to, stretch, run, plyometrics, fatigue, jog

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Robert Rogers Robert Rogers has been a Track and Cross Country Coach for Otto Middle School for the last three years. He is a dedicated runner and coach. He holds three r... read more

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How to Do the Butterfly Stretch Before Running

Hi I'm Robert Rogers and I'm Mike Ballosonie and on behalf of expertvillage.com. Today we are going to be talking about some basic stretching you can do before and after you run to help loosen up your muscles and help relax. Next, stretch we are going to talk about is called butterflies. You want to have your shoes together. And your elbow to press down. Your inner groin is what is going to be stretched out. For over runners that is very important. Notice he is not pushing or pushing still. Very study if you feel like your muscle are relax a little bit. Eventually you will. Push down a little bit harder. This make sure again you don't want to stretch yourself to much and injure yourself.

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