Flexibility Pearls — time stretching

Advantages of isolating muscles when stretching vs stretching multiple muscles at the same time.
Posted by Paul Zaichik on
Like many other blog posts this one comes from repeated questions that I would like to answer. First of all, what is the difference between an isolated stretch versus non-isolated stretch? Let's look at concrete examples: A standard lunge stretch...

Why is it easier to do a turn out in the second position than in the first position?
Posted by Paul Zaichik on
I got this question quite a lot of times, usually from bullet dancers “How come I can turn out a lot more in the second position, than I can in the first position?” For those of you who are not...

Should each muscle be stretched for the same length of time?
Posted by Paul Zaichik on
Should each muscle be stretched for the same length of time? In EasyFlexibility time is measured by the number of leverage-target pairs. So when someone would say I held this stretch five seconds or I held that stretch for 10...