8 Minute Stretching Routine For People Who AREN’T Flexible!
Follow-along total-body stretching routine to decrease tightness and improve flexibility! Dr Jared Beckstrand leads you through 8 minutes of stretching exercises that are perfect for beginners, after a workout, or if you generally feel “tight” or “stiff”!
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➡️ LINK TO DR JARED’S THICK EXERCISE MAT: https://urlgeni.us/amzn/drjaredexercisemat
➡️ LINK TO DR JARED’S STRETCH OUT STRAP: https://urlgeni.us/amzn/stretchoutstrap
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Have you ever searched for “stretching routines” or “stretching exercises” here on YouTube?
I mean – I understand the importance of stretching as well as anybody, but I don’t feel like you should have to be a yoga master to do it and enjoy it!
Even some of the “beginner” routines out there are way too complex!
That’s why in this video I wanted to share with you a simple-to-follow 8-minute stretching routine that ANYONE can do at home to improve overall flexibility and mobility.
You won’t find any crazy positions or complex transitions in this video… just some simple stretches designed to decrease tension and pain in all the major muscles and across all the major joints in your entire body.
This is the perfect routine to increase your range of motion, cool down after a workout, or decrease tension and pain that comes from long hours working at a desk.
Hopefully by the end of the routine you feel loosened up, stretched out, and more mobile than when you started.
So clear a little room on the floor and let’s get to work!
STRETCHING EXERCISES FOR BEGINNERS
0:00 INTRODUCTION
0:25 LUMBAR ROTATION
1:34 SUPINE HAMSTRING
2:34 PIRIFORMIS
3:34 HIP FLEXOR
4:04 KNEELING HAMSTRING
5:34 UPPER BACK ROTATION
6:34 CHILD’S POSE
7:04 EXTENSION
7:34 UPPER TRAPS
8:34 DON’T MISS THIS
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✅ TOTAL BODY MORNING STRETCHING ROUTINE: https://youtu.be/t2jel6q1GRk
✅ BEST STRETCHES FOR NECK PAIN: https://youtu.be/XtHfEI5DUE0
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✅ UNLOCK YOUR BACK! FOLLOW-ALONG ROUTINE: https://youtu.be/hfJKE1d3rNM
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Thank you for making this video, Dr. Jared.
I appreciate you!
Thanks man 🙏❤️
I’m crazy athletic and shifty and strong but somehow not flexible 😭😭 I haven’t stretched since I stopped playing football
Thank you good sir. 🤝🤝
0:30 he’s on the ground…
I think our definitions of "not flexible" are not the same.
Thanks
Day 21, got to reach my toes for 5 seconds!
That was so helpful!
Thank you so much!!!
What do you think about vectors? Do you like them?
actually felt a bit better after these. gonna try these 1-2x daily and see how it goes!
Thanks so much I loved the stretching course! This is day 1 for me, it’s been years since I even did any stretching and I’m very tight . It felt a little pain but great
Had problems with my knee after doing this couple times a week no more stiffness thank you put this in my work out now
Thank u
Thank you!
Day 1 : got a reality check of the flexibility some of these stretches were also not doable lets see at what day it will become easy for me
All these stretches I feel in my glutes or lower legs. Except for the last couple. Am I doing something wrong?I’m not flexible at all.
I m suffering from anxiety when I wakup my body especially neck shoulders n back of head muscles are stiff can you make 1 video for my problem or give me some tips to follow please many tanks
11 year old here love the video
Thank you
can i also increase my height from this excercise
I play this 0,75 speed so i get longer time for the stretches. Fits me perfect! I did this routine daily in january but fell out of the habit. Now im back again, hoping to keep sticking to it!
thanks
day 18, I almost get to reach my toes!
I have a long way to go 😂
Noice
Amazing!!!
Day 1: extremely inflexible. Will update in 14 days. Let’s post a flexibility thread in the comments below for motivation and discipline
Thanks
Please tell me the song name????
Starting today: March 2, 2025.
I knew I was stiff, but I didn’t know I was wooden plank stiff till I tried this! I can’t even sit with legs streched out without leaning back or curling my legs! 😂😂 gonna keep at this cause it actually felt good afterwards! Thank you sir!
I need to meditate in order to train myself to meditate every day lol. Haven’t made it a habit but still working on it.
Thank you
You been help since late 2023
I felt relief from doing this immediately thank you!
Day1 17 march 2025
Is it ok if my body trembles when doing the back extension 7:04 ?
I sit at a desk all day and my inner thighs are so tight that it has given me a limp, it’s painful to try to stretch, I would love to see a stretching routine that helps to gradually release the tightness.
Finally i can touch my feet after do this video for a some time
Thank you
I need help with my left hip and feel pain arbove my left hip
I’m back after a couple of months off with a back injury, work related, I could not even get off the floor without help for a while 😮
My PT helped a lot, I showed him your video and he gave me two thumbs up to start in on it again, so I’m back!
I have never been able to touch my toes. Even as a kid
I’m back still loving it!
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🫵🏼👍🏼
So – how flexible are you?! Where are you the tightest and what do you need the most help with? COMMENT below and let me know if you liked this video and how I can help you in the future! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 (Also – not a bad idea to supplement your stretching with some consistent core strengthening. Here’s a 6-minute core routine I recommend: https://youtu.be/pJp08smdcFk )
Amezing….I have a problem with stiffness in my muscles… very badly 😢… since two days I am doing this stretching exercise…it really works for me… Thanks sir
Thank you you really help with my flexibility
I am 28 and this is my first step in stretching. This is my Day 1. As an obese, I find it difficult to move but I promise myself I will not be letting time pass because of it. I hope I will be able to do this always even during my depression.
Thank you very much!
I’m a very flexible person. Was a dancer for years. I still enjoy this one and get a lot out of it.
❤