Muscular Flexibility

Muscular Flexibility is the ability to move the body through a full range of possible motion. When you are flexible, your body does not get stiff easily. You are less likely to injure your muscles or to have lower back pain.

Incentive persons are less flexible than person who enjoy a variety of activities in which movement is required. Active persons stretch their muscles more than inactive persons. If you spend most of your day sitting, muscles connected to your knee, hip, and elbow joints begin to shorten. To remain flexible, the muscles must be stretched. Many fitness experts claim that stretching for 20 minutes a day helps prevent the stiffness that accompanies aging.

Muscular Flexibility is important in many sports. A gymnast shows flexibility as he or she moves though a range of motion. A drum major shows flexibility twirling a baton, reaching, and bending.