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Does stretching make you more flexible? How long to hold and how often

Does stretching really make you more flexible? Yes, a little each day works, and the numbers are smaller than you might think.

Set your own hold time, number of holds and days per week, and the stretch dose card compares it with what researchers suggest. It also shows when to save longer holds for after training.

Stylised figure bending forward in a stretch above a row of seven day boxes, five filled, with a progress bar

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