| Listen to your body, stretch and condition the way | | | | of your workout. Flexibility should be practiced |
| that your body tells you to, yeah, yeah, I get it. But | | | | regularly, throughout your workout. See, there are |
| what happens if you DON'T SPEAK your body's | | | | two types of flexibility, static and dynamic. Static |
| language? You want to be flexible but you don't have | | | | flexibility is the range of motion that is in a joint when |
| a clue how to get there. If you want to own the | | | | it is in a certain, stationary position. Dynamic flexibility |
| secrets to ultimate flexibility you need to understand | | | | is the range of motion that is in a joint when it is |
| how your body works and how it responds to | | | | moving. |
| certain exercises and workouts. The secrets to | | | | Once you find the secrets to ultimate flexibility, you |
| ultimate flexibility lie within you, not with some guy | | | | will have more power, a higher fitness level, better |
| hopping around on a TV screen with a really happy | | | | relaxation, enhanced range of motion and a higher |
| (or really intense) look on his face, bouncing around | | | | capacity to learn skilled movements. But it is a |
| with at least two hot babes in the background, telling | | | | process to achieve this level of flexibility. Keep your |
| you how to get in shape and achieve the flexibility | | | | muscles warm and you will have a greater range of |
| that you want. | | | | motion. You can do static stretching exercises three |
| Nope, not gonna happen. | | | | times a week, but the dynamic stretching, the |
| Your body will tell you what works best for you. But | | | | stretching that you do as you practice your art, is |
| let's look a little at the concept of flexibility and | | | | what will give you the most natural range of motion |
| stretching. First, think about what you are doing here. | | | | and flexibility. |
| If you take several minutes to stretch, say, your | | | | When you stretch, do it slowly and there should not |
| legs to get the right height on a side kick, think about | | | | be any pain. If you go too far with your stretching, |
| this. You are taking several minutes to prepare a | | | | you will actually lose flexibility because your muscle |
| weapon before you can use it. Now, I don't know | | | | will contract. Warm up first and do some static |
| about you, but I don't think I would want to have to | | | | stretches, holding the stretch for 15 to 60 seconds |
| take several minutes to prepare a weapon if I was | | | | but do not bounce! If you want to put yourself out |
| being threatened in some dark alley by a 400 pound | | | | of commission, you will bounce - not cool. Do some |
| ex-con named Tiny! | | | | dynamic stretching like kicking and rhythmic bouncing. |
| What I am saying here is to be flexible means to | | | | These are just some of the secrets to ultimate |
| always be warmed up, flexible and ready. Flexibility is | | | | flexibility, but they will help you get flexible and get |
| not a one shot deal to be explored at the beginning | | | | fit. |