Flexibility Matters Even More as You Age
Flexibility can decline unevenly with age, making enough joint movement for everyday tasks more useful than seeking the greatest possible range.
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Flexibility can decline unevenly with age, making enough joint movement for everyday tasks more useful than seeking the greatest possible range.
A flexibility routine uses the FITT framework to organize stretching around useful movement goals, with technique and dose suited to the person.
A sustainable exercise plan starts with manageable demands and adapts to everyday barriers, giving continued participation room to survive disruptions.
Flexibility reflects joint structure and surrounding tissues as well as stretch tolerance, so similar limits in movement can have different causes.
Health-related fitness describes several distinct qualities, so strength in one area does not necessarily mean equal ability across the others.