Chapter 7 - Flexibility Training Concepts - Definitions

Question 1

Relative flexibility

Answer 1

The tendency of the body to seek the path of least resistance during functional movement.

Question 2

Dynamic stretching

Answer 2

Stretching performed to simulate normal, functional movement.

Question 3

Autogenic inhibition

Answer 3

The process where tension impulses are greater than contraction impulses, leading to relaxation of the muscle. Occurs with self-myofascial release stretching.

Question 4

Self-myofascial release (SMR)

Answer 4

Applying gentle force to an adhesion “knot,” changing the elastic muscle fibers from a bundled position to a straighter alignment in the direction of the muscle or fascia