Flex Time: Extend Workout Perks With Progressive Stretches.

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  • Author(s): STULL, KYLE
  • Source:
    American Fitness. Summer2018, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p53-57. 5p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      RANGE of motion of joints; PHYSICAL training & conditioning; PERSONAL trainers; MYOFASCIAL release; STRETCH (Physiology)
    • Abstract:
      The article outlines strategies that personal trainers and fitness professionals can adopt to create flexibility programming appropriate to the unique needs of each client. Topics covered include theories of flexibility and extensibility, the flexibility continuum and its relation to the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) Optimum Performance Training (OPT) model and corrective flexibility that includes myofascial release, followed by static stretching. INSETS: Fascia, Fluids and Flexibility;The NASM-CPT: A Deeper Layer of Knowledge.