Sentences with phrase «more flexible muscle»

There is no evidence that a more flexible muscle is better at absorbing energy (like from getting tackled or falling) than a stiff one.

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Among them: hold a pair of 15 - pound dumbbells for two minutes to build forearm and hand strength; «chest - ups» (like pull - ups, but a notch higher), designed to make shoulder muscles stronger and more flexible; and an array of seated exercises to isolate the lower back.

The less flexible the muscle, the more easily it is injured.

This will help to pump the blood into your body properly and make your muscles more flexible than before.

Back muscles strengthen, the spine becomes stronger and more flexible.

While the hardwired motor neuron development allows for the precise control that muscle coordination requires, the flexible development of glia makes the system more robust.

A clear link between lower back flexibility and lower back pain has yet to be proven, but most experts agree that athletes that are not flexible enough are more likely to get a muscle strain in the lower back.

We know that a heated muscle is more flexible than a cold, rigid muscle.

-- Stretch your muscles and tendons regularly and make them more flexible.When the muscles are flexible and elastic, they are able to move and perform without being over-stretched.

With flexible muscles, your tendons and ligaments also become more flexible, which reduces the chance of major injury, especially to ACLs, MCLs, shoulders, and wrists.

Our heart, lungs, and muscles need to be challenged to push blood through the vessels and make us stronger, more flexible, and less likely to get injured.

Flexibility training is such training when you stretch your muscles in order to: Get more flexible Maintain your flexibility level Warm up and loosen up before intensive workouts Improve muscle recovery after resistance training Quicken muscle healing when it has been pulled / sprained or is chronically tight Dynamic stretching — controlled...

One of the secrets about being flexible is that as you create more space in your muscles, you increase your circulatory capacity and your body's ability to grow more supple, smooth muscle more effectively.

A regular stretching program will make your body more flexible, increase your energy, and reduce muscle tension.

If a muscle gets «longer» but not stronger then it will be weak in the additional flexible range and be prone to injury e.g. developing more hamstring flexibility by stretching without also strengthening the muscle.

If you have read «Stretching Scientifically» by Thomas Kurz, you'll know that big muscles actually make you MORE flexible.

Not only will it accelerate your recovery time to get rid of muscle soreness, but it will help you become more flexible, increase your balance, and make you tough as nails (thanks to the increased pain tolerance).

There may be adaptations that would limit the increases in muscle activity as subjects become more accustomed to the motion of the flexible bar.»

Stretching does make people more flexible, but it's not by «lengthening» or «loosening» the muscles or tendons.

The powers of massage can actually loosen up your muscles so you become more flexible.

It's also a good way to prevent shoulder pain and injuries by building muscle mass and making it more flexible.

Basically while breastfeeding your body continues to produce a hormone common in pregnancy called relaxin, which makes muscles and tendons more flexible.

In addition, it can help our muscles, tissues, and ligaments to become stronger more flexible and more resilient to stress.

In time, you can stretch out your muscles and start to become more flexible.

By releasing the muscle knots and tightness from your muscles, you are going to be more mobile and flexible than you used to be.

Thanks to that your joints will be more flexible, and your muscles will be much stronger.

And a stronger, more flexible core can help reduce your risk of back strains and muscle spasms during the night.

Unlike other types of yoga that work on strengthening the body or making it more flexible, this style of yoga requires no use of the muscles at all.

Now, despite the fact that we have more scientific knowledge and more access to research and literature than ever before regarding the importance of calories, the energy balance and how to structure our diets for optimal muscle building and fat loss through the use of flexible dieting, much of the training and dieting community is still stuck in the dark ages.

And our joints stay more flexible and get more help from increased muscle and cartilage strength, which can even help prevent arthritis.

But people don't do that, especially older people whose neck muscles aren't so flexible any more.

Scientific research over the last few decades reveals, however, that our brains are much more flexible and fluid than that and, like any muscle, the more we use it, the stronger it gets.

Muscles are more comfortable when kept flexible.

Once you have made that list, make a second list of the more flexible areas of this issue — these are your muscles, which are important, but not as important as your bones.)