These Advanced Stretching Techniques Can Actually Make You More Flexible
Stretching really can make you more flexible, but your progress will often seem slow. As I've previously explained, there are really two results of stretching. We usually think about gaining flexibility in the long term, but you can also unlock a dramatic amount of short-term flexibility if you know how.
- ▪Stretching really can make you more flexible, but your progress will often seem slow.
- ▪As I've previously explained, there are really two results of stretching.
- ▪We usually think about gaining flexibility in the long term, but you can also unlock a dramatic amount of short-term flexibility if you know how.
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Stretching really can make you more flexible, but your progress will often seem slow. As I've previously explained, there are really two results of stretching. We usually think about gaining flexibility in the long term, but you can also unlock a dramatic amount of short-term flexibility if you know how. Today I'll show you a few techniques that work surprisingly quickly and well, known as "PNF" or "PAILS and RAILS." But before we get into that, I just want to be clear that flexibility is not a contest and definitely not a race. I think about stretching in the same way as strength training or any other fitness pursuit. If somebody wants the most “optimal” strength training routine, I would tell them not to overthink it, just get into a habit, and be consistent.
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