Sort out your post-workout routine and avoid sore muscles with 4 easy Yoga stretches: Watch video

This article lists four yoga stretches that people can do after their post-workout routine. The poses are Revolved Low Lunge Pose, Sleeping Pigeon Pose, Scorpion Twist and Seated Glute Stretch.

To achieve a healthy lifestyle, one needs to work out, eat healthy food, regularly check on their mental health and maintain a work-life balance. Mostly, working out helps in achieving a lot of these health benefits. However, your training is always incomplete without some post and pre-workout stretches. While people diligently do their pre-workout stretches, many skip out on doing these exercises post their workout session. And end up having sore muscles. If you are one of them, we have a yoga guide for you. It features four yoga stretches that you can easily practise after training.

Sort out your post-workout routine and avoid sore muscles with 4 easy Yoga stretches: Watch video

Malaika Arora's yoga partner and entrepreneur Sarvesh Shashi took to Instagram to share the yoga guide video. It demonstrated four yoga asanas that gym-goers and Yogis can practise after their training session. He captioned the post, "There are 2 kinds of people in the world. People who say "Yoga is a workout" and those who say "Yoga is not a workout". Both kinds of people have sore muscles after exercise. Here are some post-workout stretches for gym-goers and some widely known stretches for yogis after a long day of sitting."

The four asanas are Revolved Low Lunge Pose, Sleeping Pigeon Pose, Scorpion Twist and Seated Glute Stretch. Check out the video below:

Revolved Low Lunge Pose Benefits:

Revolved Low Lunge Pose combines the simple Anjaneyasana and The Low Lunge Twist or Anjaneyasana Twist. This stretch enhances deep breathing and balance by stretching the muscles with a twist. It also deep stretches muscles in the lower back, shoulders, arms, abdomen, upper thighs, and psoas, thus increasing the range of motion.

Sleeping Pigeon Pose Benefits:

According to Sarvesh Shashi, this stretch "helps open up the hips and gives it a great stretch. This pose also relieves tightness in the lower body."

Also, read: 5 morning yoga poses to boost your energy better than coffee!

Scorpion Twist Benefits:

Scorpion Twist is an amazing pose to "relax the body after an intense workout session. It also helps to increase flexibility and mobility."

Seated Glute Stretch Benefits:

This pose lowers the "risk of any injury post a workout session". It stretches the glutes and increases flexibility and range of motion.