3 Expert Tips for Increasing Flexibility in 2023!

Looking to increase your flexibility in specific exercises or wondering how to get more flexible in general in 2023? In this video, I'll be sharing 3 surprising tips that will boost your flexibility effortlessly.
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Contents:
00:00 - Tip 1
02:42 - Tip 2
03:42 - Tip 3
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[@MsLenaFx]

Love your videos! Thanks for sharing this valuable info! Would love to see a video on backbend flexibility stretching too

[@TheUnmistakableMan]

Great video, as always! As you mentioned yourself, a video about the training variables, including a recap on the comparison of static stretching vs contract relax and contract passive would be greatly appreciated!

[@YiannisChristoulas]

👍

[@raquelquintilla1200]

I love how well you explain everything.

[@ryanrobinson3600]

Awesome as always. A follow up video like you mentioned would be great!

[@YiannisChristoulas]

Thank you Ryan!

[@Sepp2009]

straight to the point, I love it

[@YiannisChristoulas]

😁

[@mrwilson.1]

Thanks for the video. Do you have instructions or a program on developing hamstring flexibility?

[@nikolaoscharkon]

Always awesome advices

[@YiannisChristoulas]

Thank you Nikolae 😁

[@davidcauson7008]

The whole soreness thing after stretching too hard has held me back for years. Can definitely relate to this video. 🙂

[@YiannisChristoulas]

Yeah this comes from experience from my end too. It’s such a common inhibitory factor that we dongs discuss a lot

[@gonkula]

Excellent content, coach Yiannis! though, I'll admit I'm biased, since I watch all your videos, but this one is very interesting as I recently started trying to regain flexibility in my hamstrings (my flexibility nemesis!) and still recovering from my last set of RDLs 5 days later where the sole focus was trying to get a deeper stretch to my hamstrings

[@YiannisChristoulas]

Yes it will make you sore preventing you from training frequently. However we should not mistaken loaded stretching with Active Dynamic (AD) stretching with external load. These are two different things. I’ll explain everything in a dedicated video to loaded stretching

[@gonkula]

@@YiannisChristoulas Look forward to your science and evidence based content!

[@jrg305]

Excellent advice on the soreness component. Basically heavy weight stretching makes sore. But if you're not training flexibility frequently, heavy weight stretching could be a way to make the most for your time. Efficiency. BTW I love your accent personally. But my sister in law from Albania didn't like hers so she hired a speech therapist (in the US they are called speech therapist or speech language pathologist) to help with her pronunciation. I think it could help with your reach on your videos if you want that. I personally like the accent tho. May only take a few sessions since you know how to train. They just help you change the muscles you activate in your neck to face area.

[@hsscha]

Thank you always!

[@YiannisChristoulas]

I appreciate it my friend

[@kalissekelly6323]

Please comment more on the training variables

[@ryusuikarate]

I tried loaded stretching had exactly that experience. 😅 Being sore for days and actually less flexible for quite a bit longer than a week.

[@YiannisChristoulas]

Oh I know... I learned that the hard way too 😎💪

[@brucelee123ist]

Hello, I am new to your method of stretching but not new to stretching itself. I am 58 years old and have been in involved in martial arts since a young boy. My question regarding this type of stretching is, 'how many times a week should I be stretching utilizing your method in order to gain results, i.e, a full side and side splits?'

[@benjaminoupillovers]

he did a video about that, I think the answer was around 3 rep of 30 sec per muscle selected and no need to do more then 5 min a week per muscle. watch his others vids dude! peace

[@YiannisChristoulas]

Are you talking about the contract passive range?

[@YiannisChristoulas]

I think he is talking about the contract passive range. The one you mentioned is about passive static, the first video I made

[@brucelee123ist]

@@YiannisChristoulas Yes, the contract passive. How many times a week should this be executed? I usually stretch about 5 days a week and want to know how many times a week should I implement the contract passive technique into my stretching routine?

[@hylanayeri283]

If being sore makes it difficult to get flexible, is there any way to not give up strength training? i want to keep building my muscles but also get flexible, but I'm always sore after leg day

[@hafizhuddin8666]

Also wondering about this 🤔 my muscles get a little sore and tight for 1-2 days after the session

[@strengthstrength3043]

How can I increase my achilles tendon stiffness

[@Gdgdragos]

Yiannis , how can I get in touch with you for getting a program? Thank you 🙏

[@YiannisChristoulas]

Hey! Send me an email on [e-mail] or dm me on Instagram

[@Shizo_san]

👏👏👏

[@YiannisChristoulas]

🙏🙏🙏

[@ptboy18]

Yianis Christmastoulesvelourssonova...not hard at all 😅. I've always thought weighted stretching was so dangerous, just seeing you with the deadlift position off the box gave me anxiety.

[@YiannisChristoulas]

😂 Sure not hard at all… 🙄 Loaded stretching is not necessarily dangerous. It’s just not a fast way to increase flexibility

[@Ignasimp]

Why wpuld the muscle be sore for so long after loaded stretching.

[@YiannisChristoulas]

Mainly increased stretching intensity with increased weight but I'll explain in detail in a video dedicated to loaded stretching

[@gonkula]

Stretching causes micro-tears to the tissue (tendons, muscle, fascia) so it's possible that loaded stretching just takes that to a slightly higher level. Just like in hypertrophy training, exercises which create a loaded stretch (think pec flies, rdls, etc), tend to be more effective because of one - they tend to expose end range for some muscles and also because stretching and the micro-rupture of the tissue are key factors in hypertrophy

[@Ignasimp]

@@gonkula I think this idea of tears in the muscle being essential for hypertrophy has been debunked. So I'm not sure that would be the case.

[@tobilemoine9604]

Buckle up, right from the start!

[@YiannisChristoulas]

Yeap!

[@Shizo_san]

Way better than 5min intro (lots of channels)

[@eyalgrinberg]

What?? Loaded stretching is not one of the optimal methods?? Building strength through range of motion is not the preferred way? That's one debate that one needs to to as 95% of all other flexibility coaches are saying the opposite.. so confusing.. I think that like all things in life, there is no one size fits all. Every one should try out different methods and find the best method that will work for them..

[@YiannisChristoulas]

Loaded stretching is the slowest way to get flexible and the one of the best ways to sustain flexibility. That being said I resomend it to people that have already reached their flexibility goals. I'll make a video explaining in detail all the reasons why this is the case, I think it would be interesting. In reality though there is no debate in terms of research/science, but mostly against Instagram trainers who use the word mobility to describe active flexibility.

[@mekkuper6746]

Please, let someone teach you how to correctly pronounce ch sound. StraCH, catCH, batCH, matCH. It's not a TS sound that you have been producing. My ears bleed every single time, and I am not a native speaker.

[@YiannisChristoulas]

If your ears bleed by hearing me on this video I'll bet you'll get to the hospital if you hear my first on back in 2018. Still working on my accent, thanks for the comment.

[@mekkuper6746]

@@YiannisChristoulas It's not even about accent, I hear that you are from Greece. We will always have the accent, but pronunciation has to be learned!

[@kahnav8334]

@@YiannisChristoulas i Love How you sound . We dont come to your Channel for pronunciation lessons . You are clearly understood and i look forward to trying your method. Hope you can have a “follow along” Video for splits

[@YiannisChristoulas]

@@kahnav8334 Thank you my friend I appreciate it. Unfortunately I'm not in favour of follow along videos but I'll be providing as much info on the side split as possible.