Sentences with phrase «static flexibility training»

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PNF tightly combines isometric and static stretching to create a more advanced form of flexibility training that involves both the stretching and contraction of the targeted muscle.

Research has shown that when performed after a training session, static stretching has the ability to improve flexibility and joint range of motion, as well as relaxing the muscles, and it's also useful tool for alleviating muscle soreness.

As mentioned static passive stretching is the opposite of dynamic flexibility training and the key to success is relaxation.

Although there are 6 types of flexibility training used by sports coaches to develop specific goals, most people really only need to know about dynamic, static passive and isometric stretching and which one to use in the warm up and cool down phase of a workout.

It is also true that after static passive stretching your coordination is temporarily reduced, your heart rate and respiratory system slows down (The complete opposite of what you want your warm up to achieve) and instead of increasing your readiness for physical exertion this type of flexibility training is more likely to make you feel sleepy which is why it should be used as part of a cool down.

Once you are nicely warmed up with cardio you should progress to some stretching and this is where a lot of people make their first mistake in flexibility training because they start to do static passive stretching when they should be doing dynamic stretching.

Two main methods of flexibility training (static and dynamic) can be used, but all types of flexibility training will be more effective after a thorough warm - up, when the body temperature is elevated.