how can i increase my flexibility?
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Do Yoga & Piliates it will increase your flexibility and it will tone your body and increase endurance.
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yea you should stretch as often as you can in a comfortable postition where you have slight tension but not pain..this sight has some tips http://health.ivillage.com/active/astretch/topics/0,,4vgg,00.html
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try doing squat excersises like standing up on the floor, bending your knees just far enough to reach the ground with your hands next to your feet and then go down another 3 inches and hold it for a minute... do this many times and for longer and longer periods. You can also try doing that same thing but instead of holding it jump up as far as you can and then as soon as you hit the ground jump again and agin for about 25 in a row. To better improve jumping power and your kick, jog bringing your knees as far up to your chest as you can , or do that jogging in place. One final excersise is more extreme and will produce amazing results, put your back against a wall and go down with your knees at 90 degrees. pretend your sitting in a chair. try to go as long as you can and push yourself past the pain limit...dont hurt yourself now :)    . Those exercises will greatly improve your Quadriceps (front of your thigh/leg area muscle) which are a must for kicking and jumping.
52037
Start with little stretches each day. 30min a day It's not nessacarily easy to just become flexible in a short amount of time your body has to become trained
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Work on stretching your upper body, not just before your round, but on a daily basis, to create more flexibility in your shoulders, neck and even your lower back. Gradually, that extra flexibility will begin to show itself in a better shoulder turn.\nFor some exercises, check out the following web site:
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Probably chair exercises.  Might see if you can find the TV show 'Sit and be fit' that comes on every day during the week...it is geared towards less straining exercises...good luck...
703558
Have a daily stretch routine to stretch your hamstrings.
200463
make sure your are properly hydrated.\n\nSometimes extra potassium can help (bananas).\n\nDepending on which leg muscle it is, would determine what kind of stretch.
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yup, just do some flexibility exercises, and you will eventually reach your goal, ...or work on a circus, lol.\ngood luck to you!
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you should try stretching more often..but not too much, you could damage your leg muscles.  start w/ normal streches like touching your toes, then work your way up.  hey, you might want to join a yoga class or something like it!
501884
Try this one it works.  Lay on or back arms out to side and knees drawn up. Put your feet together and make big figure eights in the air  with them. I know this sounds silly but it tightens those muscles. i mean swing your feet to the side down and then around and up and over to the other side. A big loop on each side.  do it every day as many as you can.
1154738
The easiest first step would be to see a chiropractor.  An adjustment can increase your range of motion, both for your neck and arms.
45618
several things.  1.  do verticals with ever increasing weights.  Height is a combination of legs and core (abdominal area).  They have to work together to achieve what you want.  2.  when you stretch out, do lots of calf building, eg hang your heels off the edge of a board or brick and make your body weight stretch and strengthen your calves.  3.  karate.  it's a mind thing.  Think light.  Think flying.  Don't jump up to something.  Jump over to it. That sort of thing.
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If you streach too much your muscles wont have the rigidity or strenth that they would normally have.  This comes with over streaching.  It can be counteracted with weight training though.  There should be training on flexibility and strenght at the same time so that way your muscles remain strong and flexible.  It slows the flexibility process down but is much safer than flexibility alone
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no if done with proper form and technique weight training in fcat helps to increase flexibility - if your muscles are tight and pumped however you will feel less flexible at that time!!!\n\nideally you should do some flexibility training  every day - preferably after your workouts when you are warm - 5min of stretching through your main muscle groups is fine \n\ndo a few easy stretches at different times throughout the day as well \n\nif not everyday then at least every second day \n\ndo a session of pilates or yoga as well \n\nyou do not need to stretch to your maximum however and you shoudl not as this causes small muscle tears that can lead to scarring and cause inflexibility \n\ninstead stetch to around 70% of whre you can go - hold that for 15 sec relax and stretch a little further to say 80% hold another 15 sec relax and stretch to 90% hold for 15-30 sec \n\n\ndoing this everyday will gretaly improve your flexibility
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Being an in-flexible person myself, I completely understand this question.  Not only will flexibility allow you to perform the exercise correctly but in the long run, it will help prevent injuries.  \n\nKeep in mind, there's no 'exercise' program per se that is better at flexibility then another.\n\nMeaning, a particular bicep exercise is not going to make that muscle more flexible then another. \n\nAs you build muscle, it becomes less flexible because the muscle is being continually torn down and re-build.  Additionally, working out and building muscle naturally shortens the muscle in question.\n\nSo what can you do?\n\nSimple.\n\nEngage in a simple stretching routine AFTER your workout.\n\nThere's no evidence that stretching before or during your routine will prevent injury.\n\nBut there's evidence to support that stretching AFTER will help prevent injuries and it will generally increase your flexibility.\n\nA great program would be Yoga or Pilate's if you do have the time or interest in those type of programs.  But the flexibility offered there will be far beyond just keeping your full range of motion.\n\nRegardless of what exercise routine you choose to pursue, adding in a cool-down period that includes stretching after weights or cardio will help keep you flexible mobile.\n\nStretching is an exercise routine in itself that is best suited after a workout or an entire program like Yoga if that's something that interests you.\n\nPersonally, doing a stretch routine for general flexibility after I workout is perfect.  Helps keep me mobile and able to do exercises at other times and reduces the risk of injury because of limited motion.
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buy a trampoline so you can practice at home.\nor start with simple back walk overs to become really flexible.\n\n\nhope this helped