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Ep 55: The Science of Strength and Simplicity with Pavel Tsatsouline
The Tim Ferriss Show
Progress through Variety and Relaxation
To achieve flexibility and progress faster towards your goals, it is essential to vary your approach, engaging different ways to lose adop. This variety includes using strength, finding space, and spreading the load throughout your body instead of focusing on specific joints. Relaxation, along with patience, are crucial for achieving a high level of flexibility like a split. The standard recommendations for stretching durations, such as 30 seconds, are arbitrary, and the key is to work towards wearing out the stretch reflex and allowing the muscles to relax, adapting the duration based on personal factors like fibre composition, mental and emotional state, training and injury history.
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