What Are the Different Types of Flexibility Stretches?
There generally are three categories of flexibility stretches: dynamic, static-active, and passive. The different types of flexibility stretches are useful at different times during exercise and each offers the body different benefits. Stretches are generally recommended by professionals before a person undertakes any form of strenuous exercise or bodily exertion. Dynamic or kinetic stretches use controlled movements to bring a limb or a body part through a whole range of motion. These types of flexibility stretches move that body part though a place of tension and then back out again. Generally, these types of stretches are useful as part of a warm-up routine and can be an active motion such as swinging an arm. Walking lunges or side lunges are great examples of dynamic stretches that help warm up the body and increase flexibility in the muscles. During a dynamic stretch, some muscles are active and some are not in use. The stretch increases flexibility by training the non-active musc
