https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken">How to fix muscle imbalances & Improve your posture

Through flexibility training. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✨" title="Funken" aria-label="Emoji: Funken">

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Good posture is often underestimated.

Many have poor posture in various degrees – rounded shoulders, forward head, overarched or flat lower back, etc

Not surprising, given today’s lifestyle.

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Good posturehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">proper movement & healthy jointshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> no painhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">fewer injuries

Benefits of regular flexibility training:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen">Correcting muscle imbalances
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen">Increasing range of motion (ROM)
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen">Relieving joint stress
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen">Supporting normal functional length of muscles
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen">Reducing excessive tension in muscles
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen">Decreasing the risk of injury

What is flexibility?
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen">The ability of all soft tissue to extend in order to allow the full range of motion of a joint.

Long hours of sitting lead to:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Stiff & imbalanced muscles (relative flexibility) – the body’s way of finding the path of least resistance during motion

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Continually moving through an altered range of motion (ROM) slowly but surely leads to injuries.

How to prevent muscle imbalances & relative flexibility?

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen">Stretch daily for 10-15min focusing on stiff areas
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen">Avoid sitting/standing in same position for too long
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen">Do regular strength training focusing on good technique
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen">Always do a warm-up & cool down for training
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Methods of flexibility training

(1/4) Self-Myofacial Release

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">You should practice SMR (Self-Myofascial Release) to get rid of any fascia adhesions that might inhibit the normal extensibility of soft tissue.

Methods of flexibility training

(2/4) Static stretching

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Static stretches are – holding a position for at least 15 to 60 seconds, sometimes even minutes.

Methods of flexibility training

(3/4) Dynamic stretching

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Dynamic stretching means moving through full ROM, doing sport-specific, full-body movements without holding the position at the endpoint.

Methods of flexibility training

(4/4) Percussive massage guns

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Massage guns are designed to help with muscle recovery, reduce muscle pain, muscle fatigue, and get rid of lactic acid build-up.

That was a little introduction into Flexibility training which should give you some basics. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen">

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