1. Loosen the Back and the Legs
There are a number of great warm-up stretches that football pros love to use. The deep quarterback stretch is one of them. When you do it properly, this exercise stretches the muscles on both the inside and back of the legs. It loosens the back and tightens the abs. There is movement of the hips that stretch and pull. These moves loosen the quarterback for crazy football running patterns.
2. Stretch It
When you begin the quarterback stretch, you need to place your feet wider apart than the shoulders. Turn your feet out slightly. Bend your body down to the floor and touch them. Keep your knees bent and your head down when you're in this position. Suck in your stomach as you arch your back. Slowly straighten the legs and keep your head down and hands on the floor wider than your hips and your feet slightly turned out. Press your hands into the floor. Push the hips upward and hold for a count of five. Breathe as you do each count. Bring your hands to your knees and slowly rise.
3. Get the Throwing Arm Warm
Simple warm up stretches for quarterbacks and anyone else that needs to have a limber upper torso only take a few minutes. If you extend your arms to the side and make small circles and increase them to larger ones, you begin to get the shoulders warm and ready. Bend your arm at the elbow and first pull it across the chest with the opposite arm and then behind the head. If you exercise with a partner, have him pull on your hands when you put them behind the back.
4. Elvis, Look Out
If you want the hips to be ready for gyrating down the field then you need to get them warmed up with the hip flexor stretch. Start with the left leg and take a step forward. Keep the other leg straight and in place. Bend your knee in the left leg and make sure the knee stays directly above the foot. Feel the right leg kinks melt away all the way to the hip as you pull gently and stretch the muscle. Switch sides and bend the right leg. This is a wonderful stretch for a dash to the goal post.
5. Get the Burrs Out of Your Butt
Stretch the gluteus maximus. Lay flat on the floor. Make the knees form an inverted V with the feet on the ground. Bring the right leg up and cross it over the left leg thigh. Grab the calf of the left leg in both hands and gently pull it toward the body as much as you can. Repeat the stretch with the left leg on top of the right thigh.
