tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263197343041122603.post558360732448136201..comments2023-09-19T22:13:09.784+09:00Comments on The Peak Condition Project - Patrick Reynolds: Day 14, FlexibilityPatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17782939552918603423noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263197343041122603.post-28030686465131850592008-04-06T20:56:00.000+09:002008-04-06T20:56:00.000+09:00The benefits of having a good level of flexibility...The benefits of having a good level of flexibility are enormous. With less internal resistance, all of your daily actions become smoother and more efficient, leaving you more energy at the end of the day.<BR/><BR/>In addition, we keep toxins and tension in the muscles and joints. Deep stretches can unlock some of these areas and refresh the body.<BR/><BR/>Now, that's just having good flexibility. The kind of deep stuff I'm going for is just for fun, and not necessary for any particular health benefit. Although I will use it in martial arts.<BR/><BR/>I once had a Tae Kwon Do teacher who was short like me. After watching a particularly frustrating session where I was sparring with a much taller person who kept kicking me in the head, he took me aside and told me, "People like you and me, who aren't so tall, can't just say, "Oh well, I can't kick so high," we have to say "I have to kick higher than anyone else!"<BR/><BR/>It's a good lesson for life in general that has never left me, although the Tae Kwon Do has!Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782939552918603423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263197343041122603.post-17624063286562915582008-04-06T01:01:00.000+09:002008-04-06T01:01:00.000+09:00Wow! I am impressed! As a yoga teacher you probabl...Wow! I am impressed! As a yoga teacher you probably can answer this. What is the benefit of that level of flexibility, I mean, if your not a kung fu master? I'm curious as I am now getting into yoga myself. I wonder is there such a thing as being too flexible? And beyond the level you currently are (which I think is pretty damn flexible!) what benefits can deeper levels of flexibility bring? Or is it, "doing it to achieve it", like me doing my Century ride, vs. my regular riding.<BR/>Keep kicking butt Patrick! :-)Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02013359434674779537noreply@blogger.com