The Best Weight Loss Technique - Flexibility Training and Exercise

Flexibility is very important as flexible muscles allow a body to move through a complete range of motion. A human body requires a certain amount of flexibility to have smooth movements, prevent muscle tension and injuries to the body. Especially, certain activities require a vast motion by the human body can be made easier through flexibility exercise and training. Certain joints and other accompanying muscles might not be used for very frequently and might become tight with time. Proper flexibility exercise and training can help the smooth movement of joints and allow the accompanying muscles to support the joint movement.

Stretching is one of the ways to maintain flexibility in muscles which might have become tight due to bad posture. Stretching is generally an overlooked part of the exercise routine, but it is also the most important and essential part of the exercise routine. Such flexibility exercises like stretch exercises and routine training help the body to balance while performing other kinds of work-outs and exercises.

There are basically four types of flexibility exercise and training methods. They are:

• Ballistic method – This traditional method uses repetitive bounce movements but is not in practice nowadays due to concerns on safety.
• Dynamic method- This method involves movements similar to a specific sport or exercise in a rhythmic manner. These flexibility exercises are performed either as warm-up work-out or before a sports event.
• Static method- This popular method involves stretching a muscle for a longer period of time to an extent which might be mildly uncomfortable to the body. It is considered safe and effective than other methods of flexibility exercise and training.
• PNF or proprioceptive neuro-muscular facilitation- This method involves exercises with a partner who holds and stretches certain muscles of the body in a combination of altering contraction and relaxation. This method of stretching exercises involves around 10 seconds of push followed by 10 seconds of relax-phase.

Every person undergoes the type of flexibility exercise and training as suited to the needs and expertise. A beginner might start with a dynamic method, pass on to static method and finally get into a PNF method for improving the muscle action and flexibility of the body.