{"id":8416,"date":"2019-11-27T05:55:54","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T11:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/?p=8416"},"modified":"2019-10-31T11:30:08","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T16:30:08","slug":"the-health-and-fitness-benefits-of-flexibility-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wellness\/the-health-and-fitness-benefits-of-flexibility-training\/","title":{"rendered":"The Health and Fitness Benefits of Flexibility Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flexibility and stretching seem to be one of the last things we consider when starting a fitness program.\u00a0 Without including this as part of your routine though, you may be missing out!\u00a0 \u00a0It protects us from injury and may allow us to continue the many activities that we love, well into our senior years if we simply make it a habit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"0\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\">\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verywellfit.com\/flexibility-definition-and-examples-3496108\">3 Types of Stretching to Increase Your Flexibility<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Flexibility is the range of motion in a joint or group of joints or the ability to move joints effectively through a complete range of motion. Flexibility training includes stretching exercises to lengthen the muscles and may include activities like yoga or Tai Chi. Improving your flexibility can help you move more comfortably throughout the day.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flexibility and stretching seem to be one of the last things we consider when starting a fitness program.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Without including this as part of your routine though, you may be missing out!\u00a0 \u00a0It protects us from injury and may allow us to continue the many activities that we love, well into our senior years if we simply make it a habit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.verywellfit.com\/thmb\/fWY5F7H4GfgTHUhKNrAZyQMUwGc=\/768x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)\/GettyImages-536906989-566ef3c03df78ce161a406c4.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"The Health and Fitness Benefits of Flexibility Training","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[373,5,238,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-8416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wellness","8":"tag-flexibility","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-stretching","11":"tag-wellness"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8416"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8420,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8416\/revisions\/8420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}