Flexibility In Sports

Do you participate in sport and while exercising or training have you ever contemplated your flexibility in sports. It’s a known fact that our bodies require a certain amount of maintenance. This isn’t difficult because we already do a large portion of this without thought.

We go to work and during our working day we run might climb the odd stairs. This is exercise but not at an extreme level. There’s also the occasional stretch for a book, high upon a shelf or bend to pick up something from the floor.

My post today is going to take an in depth look at the parts we don’t look at and that is flexibility in sports and how it improves our output. I will be looking at the reasons why we should stretch and how it can help us in our daily hustle.

Flexibility In Sports.

Getting the right balance with life is important or as the saying goes, “Everything in moderation.” We should all eat a balanced meal, get a good amount of sleep and get regular exercise. As part of our maintenance program we should stretch our muscles to keep them flexible.

To get the best out of our bodies and our lives, we should do our best to maintain our flexibility in sports. The benefits of having good flexibility is underrated. At present, I would agree that most people in all levels of sport stretch but are they stretching enough?

This I’m not sure about, when you participate in a stretching program, what’s your goal? Is it to stretch or to simply tick a box! There’s a big difference between the two.

What is a stretching routine supposed to do?

You’ve just got in from a 5-mile run and your legs feel like lead weights. Your calves and quadriceps are tight and almost cramping! You need to re hydrate your body but you also need to stretch.

Starting your stretching routine after a workout, as soon as possible is good practice. Tight muscles will recover quicker from a physical workout if they’re stretched before they start cooling down. The reason behind this is during exercise working muscles will require additional blood and oxygen, which will enable them to keep working. A good stretching routine will assist in helping your muscles relax and recover.

Flexibility in sports – muscle maintenance.

Your body is complexed, it’ll take care of you, help you achieve feats you never thought were possible! As you grow you’ll discover it works with more efficiently if we take the appropriate steps to help. This means fuel and maintenance, to enable us to move freely without the risk of injury we must have a decent level of flexibility in sports.

Muscles that are inflexible could result in:

• Stiff muscles – Which could lead to poor mobility and lack of performance.
• Aching joints – A big risk to back, knees, spine, neck and shoulders.
• Pulled muscles – Any sport that involves running or jumping is at risk.
• Snapped muscles – As above, in regard to sport but anyone in sport could suffer here.
• Release stress Relaxation in motion.

The possibilities are really endless but this will give you a good idea of what could happen. Especially, if you don’t work with your body.

Who will benefit from stretching.

The benefits of flexibility in sport is endless, it has no age restriction and everyone who adapts a stretching routine into their day to day life will benefit in many ways. Apart front the obvious reasons I have mentioned earlier, there’s also the benefit of improved blood flow and lean long muscles. I mentioned earlier that our bodies are complexed and I had to say it again, as human beings we are truly unique.

So, from young to old can and will benefit from adding a stretching program to their life.

The flexibility in sports conclusion.

My approach to flexibility in sport will be quite different from most because. I’ve given you my view as an athlete, I’m someone who is writing to you to encourage you to make the right decisions in regard to your health. I have been exactly where you are and I have experienced the pitfalls of not stretching first hand.

We all have a responsibility to maintain our own health but isn’t it great to get a little guidance along the way. My aim and goal is all based around your health and well-being. Be it eating a well-balanced meal or getting the right amount of sleep and exercise. Flexibility in sports is just another jigsaw piece we need to put in place on the way to creating that great picture of health.

I hope you find this short post useful, if you have any questions or comments please leave them below and I will answer them as soon as possible.

To your health.