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Stretching and Flexibility for Sports Flexibility can be genetic, but it can also be developed by stretching. Flexibility is an important component of fitness and exercise tends to increase the amount of flexibility in a joint. Flexibility is also specific to the type of movement needed for a sport so it is more important for some sports than others. Cyclists, for example, require less hip flexibility than hurdles, and swimmers need more shoulder flexibility than runners. Can You Increase Flexibility? Improving flexibility is done mainly by performing stretching exercises.
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What Is The Best Workout For Increasing Flexibility? The best workout for increasing flexibility is one that will focus on stretching all of the important muscle groups that will be used in training and daily life in general. Improvement in flexibility can be made by just devoting about ten minutes per day to stretching.t is very important to stretch muscles when they are 'warm'. Stretching should not be done on cold muscles. Not only does stretching cold muscles greatly reduce the effectiveness, it increase the chance of injury as well. For this reason, stretches are best done immediately after a workout.
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Flexibility (anatomy) Stretching cat. Flexibility or limberness refers to the absolute range of movement in a joint or series of joints, and length in muscles that cross the joints to induce a bending movement or motion. Flexibility varies between individuals, particularly in terms of differences in muscle length of multi-joint muscles.uality of life is enhanced by improving and maintaining a good range of motion in the joints. Overall flexibility should be developed with specific joint range of motion needs in mind as the individual joints vary from one to another.
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The importance and purpose of flexibility This is an excerpt from Foundations of Professional Personal Training With DVD by canfitpro. Flexibility is needed to perform everyday activities with relative ease. To get out of bed, lift children, or sweep the floor, we need flexibility. Flexibility tends to deteriorate with age, often due to a sedentary lifestyle.Without adequate flexibility, daily activities become more difficult to perform.o increase or restore muscle ROM, it is necessary to overload the muscle with flexibility training. To improve joint ROM, it is necessary to lengthen the muscle and surrounding connective tissue in safe and effective ways.
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Flexibility training Main page: Physical fitness. Flexibility training refers to developing a wide range of movement in a joint or series of joints that is attainable in a momentary effort with the help of a partner or a piece of equipment.Human flexibility is not the same in all joints.lexibility in some joints can be increased to a certain degree by stretching. Flexibility training has long been underestimated and perhaps overlooked by health-care professionals. Quality of life is considerably enhanced by improving and maintaining a good range of motion in the joints.
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What does flexibility mean? Flexibility is defined by Gummerson as the absolute range of movement in a joint or series of joints that is attainable in a momentary effort with the help of a partner or a piece of equipment.. This definition tells us that flexibility is not something general but is specific to a particular joint or set of joints. In other words, it is a myth that some people are innately flexible throughout their entire body.
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-   Financial flexibility refers to a firm's ability to take advantage of unforseen opportunities or their ability to deal w/ unexpected events depending on the firm's finan … cial policies and financial structure.emporal flexibility relates to variations in the number of hours worked. The relevant types of flexible work arrangements include less than full-time work, job sharing, caree … r breaks and term-time work.
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- Service Dates. The military has many different service dates, and a person can have different service dates for different purposes. Generally speaking, your active duty service date is the date of your original entry into the military. That date may be modified, however, if you've had any breaks in service.
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Stretching and Flexibility Short, repeated exposure to stretching is more productive than a single intense or long bout of stretching. For example, it is far better to stretch ten minutes per day, every day, than to stretch 70 minutes once a week. Stretching is also a long-term commitment and must be continued indefinitely to maintain and/or increase flexibility. Flexibility is not something that automatically comes with strength training.
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FLEXIBILITY Noun. 1. flexibility-the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped. flexibleness. malleability, plasticity-the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking. bendability, pliability-the property of being easily bent without breaking. whip - (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club.
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Flexibility (personality) Flexibility is a personality trait — the extent to which a person can cope with changes in circumstances and think about problem and tasks in novel, creative ways. This trait is used when stressors or unexpected events occur, requiring a person to change their stance, outlook, or commitment. Flexible personality should not be confused with cognitive flexibility, which is the ability to switch between two concepts, as well as simultaneously think about multiple concepts. Researchers of ...
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Test Bank Of Essentials of Anatomy And Physiology 7th Edition by Martini Bartholomew Flexibility is the amount of movement available at a joint. For example, the amount of movement available at the hip joint is determined by how far the leg can be moved in each of the permitted motions (e.g. flexion-raising the leg up in front).The term flexibility means the same as mobility or suppleness.actors affecting flexibility. 1  Type of joint:The shoulder-a ball and socket joint, is more flexible (or mobile) than the knee-a hinged joint, for example. 2  Muscle tissue elasticity: Injured, poorly conditioned, tight muscles are less flexible.
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Flexibility Dynamic flexibility (also called kinetic flexibility) is the ability to perform dynamic (or kinetic) movements of the muscles to bring a limb through its full range of motion in the joints. static-active flexibility.
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What is Flexibility? The ability of a joint to move through its full range of motion is defined as flexibility. Because each joint has a different potential range of motion, it is joint specific. Sometimes, being flexible in a particular area of the body requires the interaction of a series of joints. The range of motion in the back that yoga practitioners strive to achieve, for example, requires the development of flexibility along the entire spine.
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Eureka effect A 16th century woodcut of Archimedes' eureka moment. The eureka effect (also known as the aha! moment or eureka moment) refers to the common human experience of suddenly understanding a previously incomprehensible problem or concept.
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- Flexibility is the range of motion around a joint (USDHHS, 1996 as adapted from Wilmore & Costill, 1994). Good flexibility in the joints can help prevent injuries through all stages of life. If you want to improve your flexibility, try activities that lengthen the muscles such as swimming or a basic stretching program.hysical fitness is defined as a set of attributes that people have or achieve that relates to the ability to perform physical activity (USDHHS, 1996). In other words, it is more than being able to run a long distance or lift a lot of weight at the gym.
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Flexibility (anatomy) Overall flexibility should be developed with specific joint range of motion needs in mind as the individual joints vary from one to another. Loss of flexibility can be a predisposing factor for physical issues such as pain syndromes or balance disorders.Gender, age, and genetics are important for range of motion.verall flexibility should be developed with specific joint range of motion needs in mind as the individual joints vary from one to another. Loss of flexibility can be a predisposing factor for physical issues such as pain syndromes or balance disorders.
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Ballistic Stretching Just as there are different types of flexibility, there are also different types of stretching. Stretches are either dynamic (meaning they involve motion) or static (meaning they involve no motion). Dynamic stretches affect dynamic flexibility and static stretches affect static flexibility (and dynamic flexibility to some degree).
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- Flexibility is an important component of physical fitness because it increases range of motion, which allows you to perform exercises more safely and helps to improve your fitness level.There are 3 different types of stretches you can perform for flexibility.articipating in a regular stretching program increases circulation to the muscles being stretched, helps decrease low back problems, improves postural alignment, promotes graceful body movement, can improve self image, and helps to maintain proper motor skills throughout life.
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The Fit Five: Mobility Vs. Flexibility Q1: What is the difference between mobility and flexibility? Which one is more important and why? “A person with great mobility is able to perform functional movement patterns with no restrictions in the range of motion (ROM) of those movements. A flexible person may or may not have the core strength, balance, or coordination to perform the same functional movements as the person with great mobility. There are a host of possible muscle imbalances that cause this, but these problems can be fixed with a combination of what I call the three S's—soft-tissue work (foam roll), stretch, and strengthen.
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- Muscles adapt specifically to the nature of the exercise stress. The progressive resistance training program should stress the muscles how they are to perform. The most obvious example of specificity is that the muscle exercised is the muscle that adapts to training.
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- While stretching exercises will often increase flexibility in a short time, dramatic improvements in flexibility can take more than a year to accomplish. Flexibility is the ability of a joint to move through its full range of motion. An ice skater must be very flexible to perform jumps and spins.
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- In summary, flexibility refers to the range of motion of your joints and the mobility of your muscles. Stretching and participating in activities such as Yoga, Pilates and Tai Chi can help improve flexibility. To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member. Create your account.
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What does flexibility mean? This definition tells us that flexibility is not something general but is specific to a particular joint or set of joints. In other words, it is a myth that some people are innately flexible throughout their entire body.Being flexible in one particular area or joint does not necessarily imply being flexible in another. Being loose in the upper body does not mean you will have a loose lower body.he ability to move at a particular joint through a full range of motion, this depends on the individual, the body temp, if the muscles have been stretched previously, and also muscle mass.
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Flexibility ) is the ability to assume extended positions and then maintain them using only your weight, the support of your limbs, or some other apparatus (such as a chair or a barre). Note that the ability to maintain the position does not come solely from your muscles, as it does with static-active flexibility.Being able to perform the splits is an example of static-passive flexibility.ote that the ability to maintain the position does not come solely from your muscles, as it does with static-active flexibility. Being able to perform the splits is an example of static-passive flexibility.
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The importance and purpose of flexibility The importance and purpose of flexibility This is an excerpt from Foundations of Professional Personal Training With DVD by canfitpro. Flexibility is needed to perform everyday activities with relative ease. To get out of bed, lift children, or sweep the floor, we need flexibility. Flexibility tends to deteriorate with age, often due to a sedentary lifestyle. Without adequate flexibility, daily activities become more difficult to perform.