The Importance of Movement and Flexibility (2026/072)

Muscles don't mean anything if you can't use them! Never lose sight of your mobility when training... you can have strength, balance and coordination without bulging muscles which make movement difficult. Consider this professional act:

Those twins have everything: strength, great flexibility for contortion, balance skills... and let's not overlook other slim but very fit guys who are developing their dance moves:
 

That's Ethan Samuel from Australia, who is becoming known world-wide through competing.

So - today we recognise the importance of all movement - mobility in training, running, swimming, and many other sports...

Even simple movements in training are important:

 

Wanna be a ninja?

More random activities: 

Go climb that mountain!

Track and field... 

Swim?

 

And, of course, gymnastics...

 

...and, thinking about flying for a moment..

But back to dance:

Tyre pulls and running combine mobility and strength/endurance training:

...and, of course, you can make use of the floor to increase movement range: 

Kettlebell workouts are particularly effective:

I suppose even juggling is action! 

Something different:

Young Ollie (a distance skier) is on the running machine: 

...and today's keen youngsters keep up their training even when on vacation:

One more dance from Ethan:

 

 Finally, don't let the rain put you off - keep running!

 POSTSCRIPT

Possibly the most flexible man on the planet - Alexey Goloborodko