A complete stretching sequence?

[cryptolect]

I have a basic routine which I do with kettlebells which works lots of muscles across my whole body. Then afterwards I do a range of stretches which don't really reach as many muscles. What I would love is if there was a sort of stretching routine I could do which would be more of a whole-body thing, like my workout.

I'm thinking of the 'sun salutation' routine from yoga - it's a sequence you memorise, it's fluid like a dance with one movement leading into the next and it involves the whole body. Because it can be memorised like a routine it would be easier to do in my post exercise mindless fog. Unfortunately I find that the sun salutation doesn't really stretch a sufficient range of muscles strongly enough - but maybe I'm not doing it right?

I don't know if I'm looking for something which just isn't out there but I would welcome any suggestions.

Comments

[opusculus]

Something you might look into if you do decide to go the yoga route is going to Yoga Journal, and specifically looking for poses that will stretch you the way you want. Once you find them, Yoga Journal has a sequence-building program that will let you arrange your poses into a realistic sequence, and you can print that out for reference when you're exercising. I did that when trying to get the hang of sun salutation, and I have couple short floor and standing routines that I created with that - I don't think you could do a full workout routine out of their sequencer, but it's great for the shorter types of routines.

[rydra_wong]

Yoga Journal also has some fantastic free video podcasts -- you can get them from the website or through iTunes. I particularly like the ones taught by Jason Crandell.

A lot of them are vinyasa sequences, so even if you don't find something that hits the spot exactly, you'll start to get an idea of how poses can be linked together into a flow that's easier to remember.

[cryptolect]

Ooh that looks like fun! Building my own sequences I mean. To be honest before today I didn't even know that was a Thing People Do, so I'm already a lot further to getting my wish thanks to all of you. Thanks!