The Carl Sandburg Stretches

The legendary poet Carl Sandburg’s great grand son has released the poet’s exercise secrets!

And they are amazingly in line with current exercise theory and get your heart pumping at the same time.

According to Rip Esselstyn, Carl Sandburg did these stretching calisthenics into his nineties!

Many of these are familiar with these if you ever did old fashioned calisthenics, but the cool thing is that the modern science of stretching shows that it is way better to do dynamic stretches before any physical activity.

And guess what?

The Carl Sandburg stretches are dynamic stretches.

So, here are the videos of Rip Esselstyn, the author of “The Engine 2 Diet,” and great grandson of Carl Sandburg demonstrating them.

I’m a raving fan of Rips work and my copy of his book “The Engine 2 Diet is thumb worn and stained with a lot of cooking mishaps! In fact, I bought another just to have close by.

Here is the list for an easy reference. The videos are below.

Sun Salutations
Kicking Toe Stretch
Side Stretches
Trunk Stretch
Barrel Rolls
Arm Circles
Alternating Toe Touches
Funky Stretch
Calf Stretch 1
Calf Stretch 2

Exercise Poetry – in motion.

First Stretch – Sun Salutations

Second Stretch – Kicking Toe Stretch

Third Stretch – Side Stretches

Forth Stretch – Trunk Stretch

Fifth Stretch – Barrel Rolls

Sixth Stretch – Arm Circles

Seventh Stretch – Alternating Toe Touches

Eighth Stretch – Funky Stretch

Ninth and Tenth Stretch – Calves