Side lunge
Played on both sides, one round each; the app tells you when to turn round. Under a minute a side.
How to do it
- Stand facing the phone, feet wide
- Bend one knee, keep the other straight
- Sink onto the bent knee
What it is for
The app files this stretch under:
- Tight inner thighs
- Can't touch my toes
- Tight glutes
Where the phone goes
Phone on the floor facing you, angled up a bit, about 6 ft away. The phone faces you straight on. Every stretch shows you this picture before the clock starts, and talks you through it, because you are across the room by then.
In the game
The gap in the kelp sits at the depth you settle on yourself, and staying near that depth is the whole skill. Points come from how steadily you hold the spot you picked. Depth earns nothing, and going deeper than you can comfortably hold is the thing the app is built to avoid asking of you.
That is also what the research says: a gentle hold gains as much range over the weeks as a hard one. What regular stretching does, measured.