Flexibility - The Anti-Aging Cure

Flexibility exercises keep you limber and enhance posture and increase your stability and balance especially when combined with resistance exercise.

Several types of flexibility exercises can improve range of movement

Types of Exercise That Can Improve FlexibilitySlow Movement or Dynamic Stretching

Bouncing Stretches

Static Stretching

How Long Should a Stretch be Held?

A 20%-75% maximum contraction held for 3 to 6 seconds followed by a 10 to 30 second assisted stretch is recommended for Proprioceptive neuromuscular

facilitation (PNF)

How Many Repetitions of Stretching Exercises Should I be Doing?

Repeating each flexibility exercise two to four times is efficient, with

enhancement of joint range of motion occurring over the next 3 to

12 weeks.

How Often Should Stretching Exercise be Done?

Performing stretching

exercises 2 to 3 days per is all you need to increase

your flexibility

When Should Stretching be Completed?

Flexibility exercise is most effective when the muscle temperature is elevated through light-to-moderate cardio or endurance exercise or by using external methods such as moist heat packs

or immediately after a hot bath or shower.

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