THEORICAL EXERCISES FIRST EVALUATION : PART 2

2.- What is flexibility as basic physical capacity? What factors flexibility depend on?

Is the ability to move or some of its parts with great amplitude, thanks to joint mobility and muscle elasticity.

We have to keep in mind that flexibility doesn´t generate movement, but it makes it posible.

Flexibility depends on three factors:

Intermuscular coordination: is regulates the different degrees of muscular contraction thanks to a mechanism of sum of motor units. The muscle contraction can be regulated in two ways: Regulatin the number of motor units and regulation the frequency of nerve simulation

      

J oint mobility: maximum degree of movement of each joint.

Muscle elasticity: Is the ability to enlarge the muscles and recover the initial position.