Many sports require not only large muscle mass, but excellent flexibility as well. Such parameters are determined largely by genes and biology, although anyone can try to develop them.
Instructions
Step 1
Work on the stretch. This is the simplest and most obvious solution, which will allow the body to move in many more planes than before and in general, will help to feel lighter in everyday life. Train yourself to stretch before each workout - this will relax your muscles and prepare them for stress. However, at the end of the session, be sure to devote 15 minutes to stretching: muscles (like iron, for example) are less likely to tear when warmed up. Basic exercises are bends (consider the ability to completely rest your palm on the floor without bending your knees) and the V stretch - this is how you should spread your legs while on the floor. In this case, you should aim for 180 degrees, but 120 is an achievement.
Step 2
Change your sport. Of course, not completely, but try, in addition to athletics, to do, for example, acrobatics or snowboarding. This will not only load new muscle groups for you, but also significantly increase coordination - and this can compensate for any lack of innate plasticity. Parkour can be called an ideal sport for this - it requires the athlete to maximize smoothness of movements and the ability to work with his body in hundreds of different situations. In order not to switch completely to this discipline, watch a few basic video tutorials on the Internet and work on the simplest movements. To bring them to perfection, professionals can spend several years.
Step 3
Spend more time on horizontal bars, parallel bars and other types of metal structures. Check out the BBC Animal Channel for inspiration: monkeys are the ultimate plasticity. This is due to the fact that even an elementary climb up the Swedish stairs uses 3 times more muscles than the bench press. True flexibility lies in the ideal ability to work with your own body, without stress or excess weight. Therefore, pull-ups of different grips are almost ideal physical activity.
Step 4
Walk on "4 legs". The best exercise that has come to us from the oriental martial arts is, again, primate copying. Stand so that your palms are completely resting on the floor and your feet are on your toes. At the same time, keep your head as high as possible and try to walk around the apartment. If such an exercise causes even the slightest inconvenience, walk to the bitter end, until you learn how to smoothly perform somersaults, rotations and jumps in this position.
