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Old 12-09-2007, 04:06 PM   #7
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Re: Exercises to Increase Flexibility

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Originally Posted by ejaghana View Post
I just recently took up yoga, and I know that will help a lot, but I have been dancing for a long time and am still terribly un-flexible! Are there any workouts, DVDs, etc (aside from yoga) that you'd recommend to help me become more flexible?
Problem is different parts of you will have different levels of flexibility. You need to target your stretches for what is inflexible in your body.

Best practice is to target one muscle per stretch until the group is all a similar flexibility. Imagine tying a piece of wool to a rubber band. Now hold the free end of the rubber band in one hand and the free end of the wool in the other and stretch. How much longer does the wool get? Same thing happens to your body if you aren't careful.

Worth spending a couple of hundred buck on some one on one with a sports physio for a personal assessment and program to address your areas of need.
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