The first thing I have noticed is that I am no where near as limber as I once was, and that level of limberness was no where near where I wanted to be. Let's just put it this way, I'm surprised I can even walk without pain judging by my stretching exercises. My good friend Mr. Smalls commented on my earlier post explaining this pretty well, go ahead and scroll down to his comment to see what he had to say.
With that being said, I have been stretching a bit each day, even if I have not had the opportunity to actually work out or practice. I have utilized a frame of thought that was taught to me by Master Scott Yates, always sweat before stretching. I remember him explaining during one class on a colder Saturday morning that we should imagine that our muscles are like dry pasta. If you try and bend or stretch the dry pasta, it will do nothing but break and crumble, but if you make the pasta hot and wet, it will stretch and bend much more easily. So before I begin a stretching regiment, i ensure that my muscles have blood flowing through them to avoid injury. Running in place or doing a 100 or so jumping jacks is a good way to get started.
I will try and share individual lessons given to me by my instructors, and will try to credit them for their lessons.
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