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FREE WEEKLY Expert Advice. Login here every week to read blog-style articles by a 2-time Olympic Coach Dr. Nicholas Romanov on various training related topics. You're welcome to email your questions to support@posetech.com and we'll make sure to cover the requested topic. This section is updated every Tuesday.
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FLEXIBILITY IN RUNNING
This topic was discussed on our forum already and an article was written, nevertheless, we are returning to this theme again because new questions are raised. The essence of these questions is: Is flexibility equal to stretching? Flexibility is defined as our ability to bend in our joints. It has 3 major parts: Mobility of joints. Elasticity of ligaments and tendons. Muscles relaxation, providing their lengthening ("stretching"). All three parts require a separate approach and development in one single body. Stretching is a wrong name for flexibility, because the meaning of it is to forcefully pull muscles, tendons and ligaments,...
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FLEXIBILITY vs STRETCHING
In general, we all have the impression that flexibility = stretching. That flexibility is just as simple as stretching your muscles in order to lengthen them to get a bigger range of motion. We misconceive that after stretching, we can relax our muscles, and by doing this, prevent ourselves from injuries. This is what we have been taught, educated by press, articles and books in the fitness field. There is a long-standing misunderstanding about what flexibility and stretching are all about. Flexibility, ("flex" means "bend", or ability to bend) as a bio-motor capacity, is the ability of your joints to...
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