Training With Dr.Romanov: FLEXIBILITY Archives

FLEXIBILITY

FLEXIBILITY OR STRETCHABILITY?
“Stretchability” means stretching to full extent or beyond (to extend, force, or make serve beyond the normal or proper limits; strain), flexibility means bending without breaking (capable of being bent, usually without breaking, susceptible of modification or adaptation; adaptable). Flexibility is what you want. As we have stated numerous times before, flexibility does not mean 'stretching muscles'. Stretching of muscles has no place in sports. What you want and what everyone is really talking about is called FLEXIBILITY. But since there is no clarity on this subject and terms 'flexibility' and 'stretching' are used interchangeably there are many problems arising... [Continue reading...]

JOINTS, FLEXIBILITY & ARTHRITIS
You're only as old as your joints are. This is one of the oldest Chinese proverbs. People of one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations have known this for centuries and had shared their wisdom with the rest of us. The proverb literally means that joints in bad condition will age the entire body and that in turn will age the person emotionally and mentally. Flexibility to joints is a like air to your lungs. The moving joints of your body were meant to move and keep moving. Joints natural path of movement is to bend, i.e. to flex.... [Continue reading...]

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,... [Continue reading...]

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... [Continue reading...]