Benefits

Active Stretching [AS] offers a major approach to achieving and maintaining good overall physical fitness and ease of movement. AS can be used by everybody regardless of their age, body type, weight or fitness level.

Active Stretching is beneficial for those who are inactive and sedentary as well as anybody who is physically active and exercises at any level. This includes athletes, dancers, musicians, and various other vocations like carpentry and farming. Active Stretching will compliment and increase the benefits of any form of exercise, training or body building you do.

Active Stretching will increase your flexibility, agility, and range of motion. It will improve your balance. It will speed up recovery by flushing toxins resulting from muscle use and increases fresh blood to flow to worked muscles, delivering fresh oxygen and nutrition. Active Stretching accelerates muscle growth following any exercise or movement session. It will help control weight, keep you moving, and help to strengthen your immune system. Active Stretching promotes the flow of synovial fluid, a lubricating substance present in our joints. This not only reduces friction but also nourishes the joints, preventing degeneration and promoting joint health.

Active Stretching dramatically increased blood flow to your entire body and therefore benefits every muscle, your skin, your hair, your brain, every organ and every cell of your body. And possibly most important for some, Active Stretching can help to slow or reverse some elements of aging.

Male virility is greatly enhanced with Active Stretching which can address a variety of men’s issues including erectile dysfunction and weak ejaculations. Some stretches in the MANS class

specifically address these male issues.

Active Stretching also triggers the release of endorphins, the “feel-good” hormones, which can elevate your mood and reduce stress. As we stretch, the body also releases tension and tightness, promoting relaxation and a sense of well-being.

Active Stretching offers improved muscle function. When muscles are flexible, and joints move freely, muscles can contract and relax more efficiently, resulting in improved every day mobility and better more injury-free athletic performance.

Active Stretching is widely used by Massage Therapists, Sports Injury Medical Centers, Physical Therapists, and Chiropractors. Many professional sports teams and Olympic athletes use Active Stretching in their training because they know AS works in achieving better performance. Active Stretching also results in fewer injuries by promoting better body alignment and better posture. Teams in the NFL use Active Stretching including the 49ers. Many medal-winning Olympic athletes use this form of stretching in their training and proudly attribute their won medals to Active Stretching. 

In the MANS class, your challenges and limitations are respected. Everyone in the class works at his own level and you will never hear the instructor urging “you can do it harder” or “you can stretch farther”. Safety is a key element in the MANS class. If you do have limitations or an injury, the instructor is happy to work with you to make adjustments to a stretch and help you benefit in spite of your limitation.

Socially, the MANS class offers a naked communal male gathering space that will leave you calmed and relaxed. Active Stretching for many is at the same time both relaxing and energizing. 

Most men hate the time-consuming, boring static stretching they learned and used in the past. Men’s Active Naked Stretching is different. Active Stretching is not boring to do. Active Stretching is FUN stretching!