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Exercise Leadership Exam 3

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Flexibility

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the functional capacity of the joints to move through a full ROM

Flexibility benefits

* increasing range of motion
* decreased injury
* ability to accomplish athletic tasks

Flexibility cautions

* who needs flexibility, who doesn't
* gymnasts need flexibility
* flexibility can be bad for runners

ACSM's guidelines for flexibility

flexibility training a minimum 2 to 3 days per week holding each stretch for 10 to 30 seconds to mild discomfort; 3 to 4 repetitions per stretch - static

* have increased in popularity as the method of improving flexibility
* ACSM suggests contraction of 6 seconds followed by a 10 to 30 second assisted stretch