Is flexing and contracting your muscles the same? If not, whats the difference and how do you do each.?
542862
your  muscles contract and relax everytime you move. when you flex you are intentionally doing it.
283910
I hope we're talking about the same thing.\n\nIt takes time . . . do lots of stretches and then try to do "the splits".  Continue daily (even several times a day) until you've reached your goal.  When I was a dancer sometimes my muscles would be a little sore after a good day of stretching.
682801
You can't; however, you can stregthen the surrounding muscles, allowing you to "hold it" for longer periods of time.\nIf you've ever flexed a muscle that seems to be right in the middle of your thigh, that's the muscle that controls all the organs in that area. Simply flexing it for 10-20 seconds whenever you get bored or whatever can will build it up over time, strengthen a variety of functions in that area. I heard about it for men, but muscles are the same in everyone, so it should work for anybody.
501237
I dated a girl that could'nt flex, so what we tried is that I sat on my sofa and she sat ontop of me, her back facing me.(try to picture it)So, I gently started to spread her legs wide grabbing/ pulling her by the thighs towards me and either she rides me and /or I pump. then to add more heat since her back of her neck is facing me I lick her shoulders, her upper back and on to her neck and ears. by this time the female is hot and gets more flexible because of it. Our body works in such ways. Enjoy!
428656
No it does not. please dont do it.  You can increase your flexibility in less than a week.  Concentrate on a certain part on your body.   Sitting on the floor, with legs together try to touch your toes.  Notice how far you can go.  Hold it as far as you can & reach for a count of 10 and release.  Do it again but a little further.  If you cant go further keep doing that until you feel comfortable pushing it. Do this daily.  After a short while you will be able to stretch a lot further.  Try the same thing standing up (if you can keep your balance)  I used to be a cheerleader in highschool and college.  During the off time it was easy to "tighten up" again.  Keep at it.  The same concept works with arms and back areas.  Good luck.
978250
I am a gymnast (hence the name Miss Gymnast) and had the same problem. To become more flexible you just need to stretch a whole lot. Some ways to stretch that will make you more flexible:\n1) Stand up with your feet apart. Slide your feet apart with your hands above you head, and keep on spreading your feet apart. Of course, your bottom will get lower and lower, but don't put your hands down 3 seconds after you can't go any lower. Try to have your hands up for a longer ammount each time you do this stretch.\n2) Practicing splits will help of course, but don't put your hands down. Make sure both knees are facing straight down and on the floor, and that your legs are straight. Point your toes very hard to work your calf muscles. You can also try to "bounce" up and down (this has to be done with your hands above your head) if you can't get down all the way. Bounce up and down a few times, then in the part of the bounce were you are closer to the ground, stay there and hold it really hard. Always work on your "bad leg" first, then the leg that is easier for you to do a split with. Do basic straddle stretches before splits to avoid pulling a muscle, too.\n3) First of all, you MUST stretch basic straddle stretches to avoid pain, or even achieve this drill. First, you sit in a straddle (legs spread far apart while sitting down). Then, put two hands close to the middle of your body on the floor and push your body forward. Your bottom should be in the air now. While doing this, be sure to keep your legs in a straddle. Once your upper body is leaning over your hands, extend/slide your arms straight and forward onto the ground, and bring your legs together. Once you can do it with two hands, try it with one hand, and then no hands! \nI hope this helps. Good luck!
564464
Stretching- streching is important to have a good flexibility, try streching programs like yoga \n\nexercise- exercise lets your muscle breath oxygen, which in turn help the streching cuz the muscles will work efficientsly!\n\nget out- don't crawl on the desk and watch tv and computer all day, it will make your muscles stiff and small, and again the best solution is to exercise,A LOT!
29458
Flex the mucsle that you use to stop urinating in midstream...  Practice this often... When you feel yourself about to ejaculate, flex the muscle... It will prolong your ejaculation, and result in an intesified orgasm...
172122
ever done a back bend? standing on the floor and then leaning back till your hands touch the ground? after you get good at that.  try a back walkover.  you know, its the same thing as a back bend except you bring you legs over you head so your standing up.  after that, do a back walkover with a little jump in the middle until you have a back handspring.  wants that coverd.  try and do a back hand spring with only one hand.  then, do it with no hands.  yes, its very hard.  i've only acomplished the back bend and am working on the back walkover. but with a little more practice, i might get better.
549085
A lot of stretching.  Have you ever considered doing Yoga?  You can pick up a book on the cheap and it will help make you more flexible and stretch your muscles.
60510
Yes, the amount of air affects how firm the outer part is. The more air, the more resistance to flex the skin has due to the pressure, the "bouncier" it will be.
1058226
Lack of warming up is the problem. Also, like what we're doing when warming up is also to stretch. The whole idea is to stretch the muscles and make them flexable and to loosen up the joints and get some physical heat into them.
378247
there is no realation between bones and contortion but muscles are the point.We have so many muscles that have bullied us. Coming from the other extreme, some people have ignored some important strength building muscles.In order to stretch to our greatest capacity, it is tremendously important to focus on several places in the body at once.Learning this and other routes through our legs and arms, for example, can totally change the way we feel while stretching. We can direct our energy with much more efficiency and make certain that every exercise we do gives us its full benefit.
195031
Absolutely!!! What's recommended is that you start off slowly to build up the PC muscle. Usually squeeze and hold for 3-5 seconds and let got for 10 seconds. Start off with doing sets of 10 reps. Once you feel comfy, you can do more, more often. The ideal time is holding a flex for 15-30 seconds. Try and get it to where you can do 3-5 sets of 15 reps. \n\nMy man has noticed a huge change since he started them.
586609
A joint is a point where it can go in a variety of ranges of motion, the perfect example being the shoulder. It rolls and makes movement much easier. Muscles on the other hand can only contract to aid movement. They work together wonderfully and any injury to one or the other can cause major disruption in function of either the joint or muscles. I hope this helps.
68718
I believe as mavy was saying calastenics, in other words known as Isometrics this is the practice of flexing all the muscles in your arms,legs,butoocks and using negetive force, for instance in your arms... flex as if you are making a muscle and while flexed extend away from your body then back you will feel the resistance, Creates great tone!! and do several reps of 5-10. It will wear you out quickly but also creates results quickly too!\n\nHope this helps!!\nThe Cougar
931657
Cardiac and skeletal muscles are both highly organized and contract in a single direction, uniformly. Smooth muscle, on the other hand is much more loosely organized. This probably leads to confusion about the order of contraction, etc.