Increasing flexibility, need specifics.

[itsmike428]

Okay so I know when ever you see some one say "how do I increase my flexibility?" And you instantly respond "stretch!"

But I need more then that, I've been stretching for a while now and I don't see such an increase in my flexibility.

Over the off-season I stretched every day before practice, after, and before going to sleep.

During the season, before practice, after, and before I go to sleep.

But for some reason my flexibility isn't increasing much. I'm not over stretching and I'm stretching everything, but for some reason my flexibility is still crap. I do a combination of dynamic before working out and practice and static after and before going to sleep.

But I was thinking of taking up yoga or something, what have you guys done to increase your flexibility?

[TheDukeUSMC]

Develop a plan and stick to it. The body will respond over time.

Check out your local bookstore for books on that also another suggestions is to learn about HOW the body moves.

The bookd I like is "Strenching and Kicking" by Bill Wallace. You'll like the parts about strenching and the kinsologly* behind the body

[farzamk]

Okay so I know when ever you see some one say "how do I increase my flexibility?" And you instantly respond "stretch!"

But I need more then that, I've been stretching for a while now and I don't see such an increase in my flexibility.

Over the off-season I stretched every day before practice, after, and before going to sleep.

During the season, before practice, after, and before I go to sleep.

But for some reason my flexibility isn't increasing much. I'm not over stretching and I'm stretching everything, but for some reason my flexibility is still crap. I do a combination of dynamic before working out and practice and static after and before going to sleep.

But I was thinking of taking up yoga or something, what have you guys done to increase your flexibility?

Once your flexibility reaches a certain level, you wont improve as much anymore. Though important questions here:

how long do you hold each stretch?
how many times per a session do you stretch the important muscles (hams, quads, glutes, hips)?

You will need to do a lot of dynamic flexibility work from now on, tons of leg swings. Very little to no static stretches before lifting/sprint/plyometric practices. Stick to dynamic pre workout. Do 5 mins dynamic after static stretching other than post workout stretchig.

Try to do splits after all that, try to track your progress and improve on it. Also drills will help improve your mobibiliy as well, for example the hurdle C drill. Where you stand facing one end of a hurdle, skip and every 3-4 steps lift one leg over the hurdle (keep hurdle at waist height). Go for 2 minutes with 4 sets.

As well during your tempo/conditioning practices, you should be doing both static and dynamic stretches throughout the workout, every rest period you get, stretch.

[Beastinthemakin]

well thing is mos people dont know proper stretching. first of all when you are stetching you muscles should never have that tingly feeling. if they do that means you muscels are cold, and you increase your chances of tearing muscles.you want to start with some dynamic stretches. for about 10-15 minutes. then move on to static stretches to let you body cool own. when doing static stretches you want to feel a slight pull.after this you want to go a littlefurther. and hold it. this is actually when the stetching of muscles actually happen. You can not go cold turkey becasue you will never, become flexible.

[JTringer]

if u rlly wanna increase flexibility take up yoga for an hour a day 3-4 times a week...youll see pretty good results in around a month