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In Shape with

Miguel Maeso

Coach of elite athletes

We are going to focus our attention on two very interesting and necessary physical

capacities that we must work on: elasticity and flexibility.

thanks to the elongation of muscles, tendons, ligaments and
MUSCLE ELASTICITY: it is the ability of a muscle to
elongate and contract without suffering structural damage. joint capsules.
This characteristic is also attributed in a lesser extent to
ligaments and tendons. To work both qualities there are fundamentally two
methods, the static and the dynamic. There is a third one, a
FLEXIBILITY: it is the physical ability of our body to bit more complex, called the proprioceptive neuromuscular
bring our joints to the widest range of amplitude possible
facilitation method (PNF).

STATIC METHOD
We stretch the muscles, bringing the joint to the maximum and maintaining the position, hence its name "static".

1. ACTIVE STATIC METHOD 2. PASSIVE STATIC METHOD
The subject must stretch the muscles of the joint to It is quite similar to the previous one but the strength
work as far as his/her current condition allows, and required to maintain the position in the maximum
maintain the position. The strength required to hold amplitude is executed by an external force, a partner.
the position must be done by the performer. As an
example, we can mention the hamstring stretch.

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