70 | HealthLinksSC.com STRETCHIT: STRETCHING MOBILITY Flexibility is essential to maintaining a healthy body, especially as we age. Stretchit goes beyond the basics to help you set, improve and achieve your flexibility goals. Offering a multitude of classes that combine the best moves from yoga, Pilates, gymnastics and more, Stretchit brings these classes right to your phone. Classes can be filtered by categories you select. Want more bend in your back? Want to stretch those legs into a full split? Stretchit can guide you right to those goals with classes that fit your fitness level and schedule. From beginner to Stretch Armstrong levels, with classes from 5 to 45 minutes, this app will help add more flexibility to your life. Free to download. $19.99 premium subscription. STRETCH & FLEXIBILITY AT HOME Beginner-friendly, at-home stretches are the basis for this app. Focusing on pain relief, injury avoidance and increasing that all-important range of motion, this app offers daily routines for almost all of your flexibility goals. With adjustable exercises, voice-guided coaching and detailed animated and video demonstrations, this app provides ease of use for the novice and builds to challenge as you progress. Stretch & Flexibility at Home keeps you on your toes — or at least touching them — with reminder notifications and goal tracking. Free to download. $4.99 monthly subscription or $19.99 year subscription. ALO MOVES “Flexible body, flexible mind” is the goal of the Alo Moves app. In addition to increasing mobility and flexibility, this app offers plenty of mind-bending options as well. After getting your stretch on via a myriad of yoga offerings — from Ashtanga to Yin — Alo Moves goes “deeper into the stretch” with breathwork, guided mindfulness meditations and sound baths. Downloadable for those rare days when Wi-Fi isn’t available, Alo Moves guarantees accessibility when you’re on the go. Classes are added daily and syncing with Apple Health will track it all to help keep you on course. Free for 30 days. $12.99 monthly/$129 yearly subscription. BETTER HEALTH? THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT! Get it on Google Play or download it at the Apple App Store. By Amy Gesell APPS FOR FLEXIBILITY AND MOBILITY
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