Flexibility

Experts, such as the American

College of Sports Medicine,

recommend performing flexibility

exercises:

• minimum of 2-3 days

  p/week

• At least 1-2 days p/week

• ideally, 5-7 days p/wee

• both A and C

The best time to perform stretching

exercises is

• after a warm-up or after a

  workout session

• immediately before all high-

  performance activities

• .

  To the point of pain

• While holding one’s breath

the technique of stretching that

emphasizes contracting followed by

relaxing a muscle is called

• Dynamic

• PNF

• passive

• ballistic

the key objective of performing

flexibility exercises is to

• increase elasticity and

  plasticity of the muscle

• Improve body composition

• Release toxins that

  accumulate in the blood

• Improve lung capacity

The stretching technique most often

recommended by experts for

general fitness is

• Dynamic

• Ballistic

• PNF

• Static