162: Flexibility Training - Nerves, Muscles & Soft Tissues
Age Less / Live More
Lucas Rockwood
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2015
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Some people seem to be naturally flexible while others struggle with even the most basic poses—but this need not be. In this bonus episode, Lucas explains the difference between flexibility training and stretching warm-ups, two very different practices that are often confused and delivery completely different benefits.
In this Show, You'll learn:
- Why you should do stretching warm-ups before exercise, but should not do flexibility training
- Why stretching exercises before exercise will never lead to increases in flexibility, they simply maintain your current level
- How long-hold, passive stretching is most effective for nervous system and soft tissue change
- How to “hack” your nervous system with PNF techniques
Nutritional Tip of the Week:
- Dehydrated foods!
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| 1:00.8 | Thanks so much and enjoy the show. |
| 1:03.0 | Hello and welcome, this is Lucas Rockwood with the Yoga Talk Show. |
| 1:11.0 | Thanks for tuning in on this show. We talk about health, |
| 1:14.8 | wellness, yoga, stretching, flexibility, plant-based nutrition, and so much more. |
| 1:19.2 | On a typical episode, I usually get in touch with authors, movement, nutrition experts, and I pick |
| 1:26.7 | their brain and try to get the best information I can from them to share with you. |
| 1:30.3 | I love doing that. This episode's going to be different. I did a bonus episode a few weeks ago, maybe a month ago about breathing and it was one of the more popular episodes I've ever done, many more people have listened, shared, and engaged with that episode than |
| 1:45.5 | almost any of our other episodes. |
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