Flexibility

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Flexibility
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What is flexibility?

• The ability to move body joints through a full
  range of motion

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What is a joint?

• A point where two bones come together
• Who can name some joints?
• Elbow, shoulder, knee, hip, wrist, ankles
• What are the different ways these joints can
  move?
• Pivot, gliding, hinge, ball and socket

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Ligaments, muscle, tendons

• Ligaments attach one bone to another
• Muscle surrounds the bones
• Tendon holds the muscles to the bone

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Why is flexibility important?

• It reduces injuries
• It prevents post-exercise pain
• It reduces chances of lower back pain
• It helps relieve emotional tension

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Types of stretching

• Good static and dynamic
• Bad ballistic and isostatic

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Overload principle

• How would you overload your body for felxibility?
• Frequency?
• Intensity?
• Time?

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Progression and specificity

• How would you apply these two principles?

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Safety precautions

• Start at a proper level and know when to increase
  the overload
• There is a danger if you try to do the same
  degree of stretching as someone else
• Include flexibility with cardio and muscular
  exercises and endurance programs to prevent
  muscle imbalance