You should be using your muscles evenly, therefore contributing to muscle balance. Too much abdominal work might make your back bend over and your shoulders slouch. If you are sited all day, and in order to restore your muscle balance, it would be a good idea to stretch your hamstrings that must be very tight, and tone your quads that you barely use. Understanding balanced positions develop a kinesthetic awareness of your body postures during movements, and develop strong, yet relaxed muscles, and flexible joints. You should spend sometime contracting muscles after muscles then stretching them in order to comprehend how your body works and reacts to physical activity.
Cats sense it instinctively.
In order to get its muscles ready for running, playing and moving around, it stretches them first. You should be doing the same after a short warm up. All rights reserved. Used under License.