DO YOU STRETCH?

Do you stretch?
This is a question I hear all the time. This is a question I ask all the time.
The definition of the word Stretch in the dictionary:
1.)to extend the body or limbs to full length
So, yeah, I stretch. I make sure my clients stretch. Yada yada yada….
Then, of course, I was faced with a challenge. Thanks to Doug Perron, I signed on to a different type of stretch.
9.) an action or effort that exceeds someone's normal limits or powers
I attended and completed round one of the FMS certification. (Full disclosure, I will take the exam this week on line, after I study and practice.) I traveled to the Philly area and found myself in a room of 30 people. I hated the long drive. I was sure I had traveled the furthest. I was not aware of the chops of this cert. In the room there were people who had traveled from Australia, California and Arizona: suddenly my 5 hour drive paled in comparison.
What I was, was the least professionally licensed “fitness” instructor in the room. OH! And I was the oldest by about 25 years.
Fortunately, the instructor was a good Italian guy from Jersey! Eric spoke my language. I felt like I was spending the weekend with my brother, Mario! He was really smart, spoke simply and took complex and terms and made them understandable. He wanted to see all his students succeed.
In short, he was a great trainer!
I worked out~ got stretched (definition 9 not 1) and left with a feeling of success and accomplishment.
I drove home thinking about how I train.
I drove home thinking about how I stretch my clients.
I drove home with more than new ways to screen problems, design exercise programs or improve my professional certifications.