SmoothBaller
Sun, May 30th, 2004, 04:00 PM
Does anyone have a good website or program for stretching to increase flexibility? I believe an increase in flexibility would help me in the various sports I play and I'm interested in trying to increase my flexibility somehow. Not just stretching to warm up, but stretching to increase flexibility.
trainiac
Mon, June 7th, 2004, 10:52 AM
I know of two great programs, but they're not cheap. You'll find one at http://www.mattfurey.com the other is by Pavel Tsatsouline, and can be found at http://www.dragondoor.com
The quickest way to flexibility is PNF stretching (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation). In a nutshell, you stretch the muscle in three stages. Stage one is a passive stretch for 20-30 seconds, immediately followed by stage 2, which is to clench the muscle against an immovable object for 6 seconds, followed by stage three, which is passive stretching again for 20-30 seconds. Works like magic.
---Trainiac!
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