Back Stretch for BJJ: 10-Min (10-for-30 #6)

Again, nothing too intense. This is where we're cooling down. Next exhale, come back to centre. And then we'll come back down to the front.

Come back to centre. Take an inhale here. Start leaning over to that right hip and then exhale. Look over to the left foot.

If you can't look all the way, that's fine. Just look over to your left side. Keep lifting that belly off the ground. Next exhale, come back to centre.

And just two more breaths here. Probably settling a bit more into the pose. And just keep that going. Good.

Activate your core now. And just lift your hips up off the mat. And come to all fours. And we'll go back to that lizard that we did last time.

So left foot, left little finger. And then creeping that right knee away. And chest forward, shoulders back. Feel your hips dropping down as well.

And from here almost try and imagine you're tucking your tail a little bit. Or if you look down and you're trying to look at your belt buckle, it's a similar stretch. And just feel that hip open a little more as you bring that stretch on. So we're not just sagging down, letting the hip drop today.

We're just bringing that belt buckle towards us. And you should feel as you do that, your right knee is kind of pulling on the mat towards you a bit. Sort of towards your hands, which is good. Just make sure it's comfortable with you while putting that stretch on.

Now if you want to drop down to your elbows, drop down to your elbows. And see if you can just bring that kind of pull of you turning to look at your belt buckle on. And then undo that, so come up to your hands. Undo that light activation you've got.

Push that left foot into the mat and bring it back. So let's go right side now. Same thing. Drag the left knee back if you need to.

Find a pose. And then look at your belt buckle or tuck your tail between your legs. Whatever works for you to imagine and get that same feeling. And then you can drop down to your elbows if you've settled a little more here.

One more breath. Come up to your hands now. Push your right foot down and come to your knees. And now just lay yourself down on your back.

So last week, we did a couple of exercises on how to do that. And I think that's what we're going to do today. We're going to do a couple of exercises on how to do that. And then we're going to do a couple of exercises on how to do that.

And now just lay yourself down on your back. So last week when we got to here, we were on our knees. But we're going to do the same thing just upside down now. Okay, so grab the fronts of your knees and just hug them in here.

Towards your chest. Tuck your chin. So if your chin's up to the ceiling, just tuck it under. And just breathe.

And as you inhale, try and bring your belly up to the tops of your legs. And as you exhale, that drops down. And again, taking an inhale, you fill up your belly. You also fill your lower back open out as well.

And exhale. Almost like on that inhale, you're breathing into the mat. And exhale. I know your lungs aren't in your lower back, but as you take those deep breaths of air, you'll feel everything fill up.

Everything stretch out. And then exhale. It all deflates. So just a few more breaths here.

Working on getting that full breath. And then sign it out. Okay, one more deep inhale. And out.

Good. Come back up to all fours now. Walk your hands out in front of you. And drop your weight down.

Remember that ski ramp that we're making with our body here? So you're jumping off the end of the hips. And if you're a little more comfortable here today, come to your fingertips. Look between your thumbs.

And just feel your chest and everything drop down. Remember, keep your belly in here as well. Feel that whole front body stretch out. And just focus on what your spine's doing here, what your body's doing here.

Find some tension. Think about that and inhale. And exhale. Imagine you're releasing that tension as you release that breath.

Two more. Last inhale. Exhale, palms down to the mat now. And then just creep your hands back.

Come back to all fours. And then sit your weight down on your heels. Stretch your hands either in front of you or one on top of the other. And just rest your forehead on the mat here.

And just take a few breaths. Not moving. Not stretching. Just think about your breath.

The areas you've stretched. And now that we're on week two, just appreciate that you've taken that time to work on your body. Whether you've done Sarah's class in the morning or you're just using these to cool down in the evening. Just appreciate that.

Think about how you're improving your jiu-jitsu and how this stretching is impacting your everyday life. And a couple more breaths. And then in your own time just sit yourself up. Don't stand up too quickly or you'll probably get a bit of a head rush.

And that is it for day one of week two. I really hope you guys enjoyed. Hope you're enjoying all the classes so far and I'll see you in the next video.