I have this pet peeve. It's when one of you post some fantastic image of you doing something amazing in our gym and your Facebook friends tell you how unsafe it is. Oh really? I'm so glad people outside the gym have such a grasp of human movement and the science of strength and conditioning. Most of these "well meaning" Facebook coaches comment on photos of all of you doing something to the standard, which is the FULL RANGE OF MOTION for all the things we do in the gym. Flexibility is one of the 10 general physical standards we develop through our programming. Flexibility is our body's ability to maximize the range of motion at a given joint. Full range of motion is something we're born with and declines as we age if we don't actively train it. Increasing our flexibility keeps us healthy and durable. Increased flexibility decreases potential for injury. This is why we hammer movement standards and continually push you all to increase your flexibility. I'm sharing an interesting podcast from BTWB on why it's important to train to the standard and keep our range of motion as maximal as we can through our training.
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