Which is more important: Strength or Flexibility?
Are you a stretcher, Dear Reader? Like, do you take time each day to improve your flexibility? I watch our daughter at gymnastics and they spend about twenty percent of every practice going through a variety of stretches for upper body, lower body, getting their back ready to move, opening up their hips and generally prepping their entire body for the rest of the day's practice. We all know that gymnasts are flexible -- but, how often do we forget how STRONG they are? They're able to do amazing physical feats because of their powerful combination of strength AND flexibility through a broad range of motion. It's what I like to call the Goldilocks Balance (not too much, not too ....
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