Why we can't stretch the muscle in the split? Why some manage to receive the long-awaited split in the month, and someone in the year can't reach it?
Give the simple language we will try to understand why some quickly receive beautiful splits, and someone goes to it long time? Your body can constantly resist, shout: ""Isn't present, there will be no it!"" and the reason for that the return myotatic contraction - ""Golgi reflex"" (autogenic braking). Each cell of the body has the Golgi system which protects our stretching. When you decided to stretch out (and of course in the shortest possible time) the system gets into gear and says: ""Isn't present! No! No! We won't allow you to stretch and be traumatized"". In terms of our organism, any excessive loading is the stress and the trauma for muscles.
For example: Present the dog lying quietly. These are your cages when you don't last. Present the dog who lies and raised the muzzle, pricked up ears and listens who there goes whether it is time to run and defend the house? When nothing dangerous no, she calms down. It when you just last without fanaticism. Present the dog who lies and suddenly noise, She ran to bark and defend the house to the door is when you excessively last and you want as it is possible to increase stronger and quicker range. Quite so also Golgi the system works.
What to do to deceive this peculiar reflex and to stretch on the split?
1) It is necessary to stretch at the average level or below. Then the system pricks up the ears, but doesn't include blocking through nervous impulses.
2) If it isn't enough, there is also a wish to catch the long-awaited split as soon as possible, it is necessary to use pressure from the outside (when the coach pulls or presses cargo), but increasing time approach to exercise. There will be the adaptation of neuromuscular spindles to extension and activation of neurotendinous spindles (owing to tension of the stretched muscle) and autogenic braking. When muscles relax (on average after 60 seconds) and will allow to increase extension range to the new limit, it is possible to repeat deduction in new situation. Quite so use this system in professional sport of the gymnast, dancers of the ballet and other athletes where the flexibility is important.