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The absolute range of movement in a joint or series of joints, and length in muscles that cross the joints.
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What is a reasonable schedule for increasing flexibility?
Flexibility is training just like any other training. There is no gene for flexibility. And, just like any other training, it will follow the same sort of timeline as any other exercise regimen. … If you want to increase your flexibility, you need to be working all the major muscle groups in static stretches, each one held between 30-60 seconds for 2-4 reps. …
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Is it a good idea to constantly train my flexibility throughout the day?
No, it's not the best idea to train flexibility continuously throughout the day. … As you mention you have aspirations for ballet, that is a sport that requires extreme ranges of flexibility. …
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Flexibility training - short & intense vs. long & light
Stretching for flexibility (Static/PNF/Ballistic) - Done after a warmup, workout, whatever you want to do to ensure that your muscles are warm and loose. 3-4 times per week, 30-40 seconds per stretch, …
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Flexibility Training for Taekwondo?
These two links from the martial arts stack exchange site are also good:
Flexibility for karate kicks
Flexibility for round kicks
As far as control, that just takes lots and lots of practice. … Good kicking is a combination of relaxation until just before impact, muscular strength, flexibility and lots of repetitions. …
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Arm cross stretching behind the back, how to improve it?
I would recommend looking at safe swimming stretches, such as the ones detailed here. I would stay away from many of the older swimming stretches and the partner assisted arm stretches, as they have b …
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How important is it that a person be able to touch their toes?
Dynamic flexibility is resistance to motion, and static flexibility is resistance to movement around a joint. … Some of the things that flexibility can help prevent are injuries at the extreme edges of your range of motion. …
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Which exercises target agility and body slimming?
From your comments:
My diet is irrelevant. I'm just searching for exercises which purpose is not making bulging abs but slimming down the body.
But I don't want Muscle definition either.
If you want …
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