Infinity Flexibility And Strength

In honor of the latest addiction my family has developed, smoothie consumption, I am writing out the list of our most favorite smoothies. I hope you find something that you like. We have invested in a Vitamix Blender and its probably one of the single best purchases we have made in the past several years! Its endless what you can make with the Vitamix, soups, sorbets, smoothies, peanut butter, salad dressing, hummus, etc. the list goes on. I can’t imagine [...]

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Resistance training corrects posture and muscular imbalance while building strength which benefits cyclist in many important ways. A cyclist must boost performance by applying enough force to the bicycle while simultaneously reducing external forces such as wind resistance. Contrary to this, increased weight on the cyclist increases inertia, requiring a great amount of effort to move the bicycle forward. Flexibility and strength training will help the cyclist to create a lean, strong body, increase endurance, and create a tremendous reserve [...]

So adding resistance is the key to flexibility. Flexibility is not something that you are born with, anyone can become flexible! In order to truly stretch you must generate natural resistance while stretching. all the myth’s that you have heard exulting that one person is just more flexible than another are absolutely NOT true!! That is the good news, now the other news is that those people who seem to be naturally flexible without working hard at it just innately [...]

by Janet Matthies Safety While Flexibility and Strength Training When starting out with an injured or sore muscle, before you start to stretch that muscle you would be wise to strength train and stretch the muscles on the “balancing” side of your injury. In general the balancing muscles are directly across from one another. Examples are: abductors/adductors, biceps/triceps, quad/medial hamstring, central hamstring/hip flexor, lateral hamstring/groin, deltoids/lats. After strength and stretching on your “balancing” side then try several repetitions of strength [...]

by Janet Matthies How to Generate Resistance So resistance is not a new concept, but using resistance while stretching in this way is uniquely different than conventional stretching. What you should think about while stretching is contracting your biceps to slowly lower the weight. While you are slowing the weight down you are generating resistance in your biceps, challenging your strength in this stretching action, which will increase your flexibility over time. The flexibility occurs during the movement as you [...]