How to train your body's flexibility?

For dancers or children, their body flexibility is very good. The fact that they can touch their toes with their palms just by bending over proves their body flexibility. However, among adults, only a few friends can do such a seemingly simple movement, which shows that everyone's body flexibility is very poor. So how can we exercise body flexibility?

1. Soothe your back

The erector spinae are the back muscles that run from the top of the spine to the coccyx. Stiffness in this muscle tissue can hinder bending of the spine and torso.

Exercise: Cat pose - kneel on the floor with your hands on the ground, with your arms and thighs perpendicular to the ground. Lift your back into a semicircular hump. Hold for a count, then push your lower back toward the floor, arching into a cat. This completes one action. After 10 repetitions, try to touch your toes when you bend over upright.

2. Soothe your buttocks

This exercise will stretch your hip and leg muscles.

Exercise: Heel Dip - Stand on the ground with your heels resting on a 25-pound weight plate. Using your hips as a fulcrum, maintain the curve of your back, lean forward, and try to touch your toes with your hands. Stay still and count silently, then stand up and resume. Repeat the movement 10 times, then step away from the weight plate and try to touch your toes when you stand and bend over.

3. Soothe your calves

In the previous exercise, you shifted muscle tension from your hips to your calves. This stretch will be great for soothing your calves.

Exercise: Tiptoe Dip - Place the front of your foot on a 25-pound weight plate and perform the same movement as the previous exercise. Repeat 10 times. Then try to stand up and bend over to see if you can touch your toes.

For the several exercise methods introduced here, as long as you exercise regularly, you can clearly feel that your body's flexibility has improved. However, you don't need to force yourself too much when exercising. If you exercise too much in a day, you will not only fail to develop your body's flexibility, but will cause muscle strain, etc., so you need to exercise reasonably.