How to create long-term flexibility

The other kind of stretches for elongation, if you really want to increase the length of your muscle, are stretches that you're going to have to hold for 2 to 5 minutes. This is something that is a commitment to your flexibility. Whatever it is you are trying to achieve, if you want to lose weight, if you want to gain more muscle, if you want to become more flexible, it will require you to be consistent with whatever it is you are doing. It doesn't matter. It's so important to remind you of that. In the case of these elongation stretches though, you do You need to hold them for 2 to 5 minutes. The second thing is that they are a passive stretch, meaning you want to allow your body to relax into it. So finding passive-type relaxation stretches, the best time of day to do those would be maybe before bed to allow yourself to ease into the night. In order to really be effective in these stretches, you also need to have good quality breathing.