Front/Side Splits & the proper exercises used for streng

[strangedejavu]

She'll have to provide more data than what's found on Stadion's site and publications. That's a common misconception, but there is some truth to it. Stretching Scientifically does talk about the relation between muscle size and flexibility. It says that a muscle with a larger cross section tends to be less flexible than one with a smaller cross section, but if you consistently stretch as you increase your muscle size, you won't see any loss of flexibility. Strength is dependent not only on muscle size, but also neurological efficiency, which is dependent on position and angle. That means that you can increase strength without increasing muscle size. If you take two people with the same cross-section and length in the leg muscles, the one with greater strength at greater angles will be more flexible (assuming all other variables are the same). If you look at that picture of Thomas Kurz, he and I have similar sized legs. If anything, his leg muscles are a little bigger, but I can't do the splits on chairs with a woman sitting on my thigh (I'm working on it). That's simply because he's more neurologically efficient than me at that range of motion (or any range of motion for that matter). I hope that helps with the confusion.