How to Improve: Flexibility

Being flexible can protect your muscles from injury and gives you the ability to move your in difficult positions with greater ease and less pain. Flexibility can be a trait that someone inherits from their parents, but if you aren't flexible, you can still improve your flexibility by following these steps.

Stretches:

Stretches are one definitely one of the best ways to improve flexibility.

Doing full body stretches that include your upper body and complete shoulder, bicep, triceps, neck, chest and back will help you become more flexible steadily if you keep up the regulated routine.

Remember to hold each stretch for a period of time, somewhere between 45 seconds and a minute.

You should not be constantly reaching to stretch further, but rather hold a steady position for the entire time period. This prevents possible injuries and helps you get use to the level of stretch you are performing.

After you get use to your stretch, begin to intensify each session by stretching steadily more whenever you are ready to.

Diet:

A proven way to improve flexibility is diet. It is known that mineral dense foods help improve flexibility, and should be well considered if you wish to improve your flexibility.

Dark green vegetables are very mineral dense, so they should definitely be in your diet.

Also, seeds such as millet and wild rice have good nutrition values for flexibility, and should be considered.

And lastly, plant fats that are in almonds, sesame seeds, and cold press oils are also helpful.

Greater flexibility means an easier life on you physically.

This is how to improve flexibility.