Which of us does not dream of eternal youth. Youth is first and foremost a good state of the body. And that means muscle elasticity or flexibility. We need flexibility throughout life. It must be developed from childhood. Every day we make a huge number of movements. But unfortunately, with age, our flexibility becomes less and it is increasingly difficult for us to make many of them. With age, the muscles decrease in size, become less strong. Therefore, the movements become more constrained.
In a flexible person, muscles are always in good shape. Muscle elasticity is very important for normal motor activity and body youth. Old age is joint pain, constrained movements, a bent back. Therefore, in order to remain flexible until old age, you must regularly work on the muscles and joints, stretching them and strengthening.
How to become flexible? Many would like to know the answer to this question. For starters, you can test your flexibility. To do this, lean forward from a standing position and try to touch the floor with your palms. If you touched your palm completely and your back did not hurt and you did not feel discomfort - then you are in great shape, but with your fingertips - this is also nothing, and if you really cannot reach it at all - then your flexibility requires training.
The flexibility of the body contributes to good posture, maintaining a good tone of the whole body.
And yet, how to become flexible? Flexibility can be trained. There are ways to help increase your flexibility. First of all, it is necessary to start generally with increasing your physical activity. For this you need to do fitness or any kind of physical training: aerobics, Pilates, jogging, walking. There are special exercises aimed specifically at stretching. But stretching can not be done without warming up the muscles well. When aerobic or strength training is performed, the muscles warm up, after which they stretch well. If you do stretching without preparation, you can injure your muscles.
Nowadays, when we move very little - we go to work in a car or transport, in the office we spend all day at the computer, and at home in front of the TV - it is very important that the muscles have additional training. We often do not think about the fact that our muscles, without being trained, can contract and lose strength. And this is so. Flexibility exercises must be done regularly, and then we are not threatened with muscle and joint pain.
It is very important not only to know: how to become flexible, but also to work on it constantly. This will prolong youth and delay old age.
Stretching the back muscles is very important for a good condition of the spine. Its flexibility is the basis of the youth of the body. A healthy and strong spine is the foundation. Our spine should be in a good muscle corset. After all, back pain, osteochondrosis - these phenomena are familiar to almost every adult. A strong and flexible back muscles will help him stay in good condition.
So still, what needs to be done and how to become flexible? What are the methods to achieve flexibility and plasticity? There are a lot of such techniques. Some of the most popular are stretching and yoga.
The importance of yoga for flexibility is hard to overestimate. This is the most popular and effective complex. Yoga greatly contributes to the development of flexibility. She is very "soft." This complex has been created for centuries. It has 84 thousand asanas. But you can choose several and, regularly performing them, the body can be put in order and the muscles become elastic.
Stretching in translation means stretching. The effect of stretching consists precisely in the fact that it relaxes muscles after tension. In addition, there is a decrease in pain in the muscles and joints, joint aging and osteoporosis are prevented. Flexibility, posture improves. Stretching helps make the figure more slim.
Here are some stretching exercises.
- Stand up straight, feet shoulder-width apart, raise your arms and stretch up behind your hands, do not tear your heels off the floor, stretching your back muscles, count to 10 and slowly bend down, trying to reach your hands with the floor.
- Standing, pull one knee to the chest with your hands. Hold on and lower your leg. Repeat with the other leg.
- Sitting on the floor, stretching your legs forward, lean your body forward, trying to reach your socks with your hands. Hold this position for 10 accounts. And return to the starting position.
Move more, do physical education, then stretching - and old age will not be scary.