Extended Length Conditioning for Lower Body

Extended Length Conditioning Extended Length Conditioning are a special exercise group. They take a muscle or a synergetic group of muscles andstrengthen them through full range of motion. ELC exercises are not stretches, but they are flexibility’s best friend. Unlike regular strength exercises, which work in the normal range, ELC connect the "normal" with the "new", deep range. Here are the benefits of Extended Length Conditioning exercises to flexibility training and injury prevention 1. Getting Comfortable: Stretch reflex (the pain that prevents stretching) is your body's way of freaking out. As soon as your joints go a bit past the familiar range, there is panic and resistance to stretching further. Extended Length Conditioning exercises allow the body to feel strong and protected in that deep range. Developing strength there, tells the muscles and nerves and other tissues that it's ok to be in the stretch, there is strength there and thus comfort. 2. Cold Flexibility: Most peop