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What Research Tells Us about Flexibility-ii
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Holt, Jason T. Holt, Laurence Pelham, Thomas W. |
| Copyright Year | 1995 |
| Abstract | Essentially, there are two factors which have a negative influence on flexibility. These are, not being sufficiently active, and being sufficiently active in selected sports without compensatory exercises. It is especially the latter that is of primary concern here, and there are two activities that exemplify this better than any others, running and cycling. Compared to average people, runners tend to be quite restricted in terms of hip flexion with knee extended (Bach, Green, Jensen & Savinar, 1985), cyclists likewise. The reason for this lies in the highly specific nature of the exercises, which, because of their intense, strenuous and repetitive character, shorten relevant tissues. We can by analogy show that many other activities of this sort are in the absence of effective countermeasures deleterious to flexibility. For the active and inactive alike the implications are clear. It is good t be flexible. It is good to increase flexibility. This said, a question remains. How? Massage is sometimes held to be a suitable alternative to stretching. Others, prudently more hesitant, sing the praises of massage without mention of stretching (Crosman, Chateauvert & Weisberg, 1984; Salzmann, 1 982). Overall, the effects of massage on flexibility are comparably minimal and shortlived. That the more respected massage exponents fail to even mention stretching suggests a narrowmindedness that is best acknowledged yet best untouched but by those with an eye to critique. Warmup, as it may increase tissue temperature and thus to some extent flexibility, is often recommended. There are no pretensions here, however, as warmup is held by |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/cpa/article/download/2974/2820 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
