The Tense-Relax Method: How To Gain Flexibility Fast

The Tense-Relax Method is a technique that can help you gain muscle flexibility quickly. It involves alternating between tensing and relaxing muscles in a specific order. And it’s one of the big things that’s emphasized in the Hyperbolic Stretching program that will help you do the full splits in 28-30 days without a warm up.

Let me give you brief explanation of what is going to happen in your body as you go through the stretching exercises – then go check out the full routine here:

1 – First, you’re going to assume your stretching posture, and stretch as far as you can.

What happens in this moment is that the myotatic reflex takes over and tenses the stretched muscle, making it impossible for you to stretch further.

But with the Hyperbolic Stretching method, you consciously tense the already stretched muscle … and then something called reverse myotatic reflex takes place. This means your neuromuscular system will allow you to stretch a little more.

2 – After few seconds, release the conscious tension and move about half an inch more into the stretch.

3 – Then, tense the stretched muscle consciously again and another reversed myotatic reflex takes place.

4 – Again, release the tension and move a bit more into the stretch.

5 – Repeat one or two more times until you achieve your maximum stretch.

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What you are basically doing with the tense-relax protocol is that you’re influencing and reprogramming your neuromuscular memory system.

After few weeks your body we re-learn and replace the old tension reflex with reversed-tension reflex, making it possible to stretch all the way down to a full split.

The exact exercises you need to do and exactly how to do them and how often and much more is outlined in the full program.

But hopefully today’s article gives you a bit more of an idea on how the Tense-Relax Method method works, and why it’s so effective when it comes to creating rapid results.

Check out the Hyperbolic Stretching program by clicking here now.

And here’s to your continued success!

– Forest Vance
Master of Science, Human Movement
Certified Corrective Exercise Specialist
KettlebellBasics.net

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