RADICAL FLEXIBILITY

Tom Butler, how did you become the world's most flexible super heavyweight athlete?

"I have studied range of motion techniques for over 2 decades.  I enlisted the help of expert Martial Artists, Chiropractors, Doctors, and Kinesiologists to come up with the most efficient and effective way to increase range of motion and improve joint health.  The results are mind blowing. 

Doesn't that hurt?

"Many people ask me this, and believe it or not, this is very comfortable for me.  What I'm doing during my suspended side splits, shown here, is resting on my joint ligament structure.  I have elongated my muscle fibers to their maximum extent and I've taken up all of the ligament slack in the hip joints.  I have achieved maximum range of motion in the joint and can now rest on the joint structure.

What would you consider to be the most important thing to know for flexibility?

"This is something the vast majority of people make a big mistake on:  FLEXIBILITY MUST BE DEVELOPED, IT CANNOT BE FORCED!  I see so many athletes trying to force a stretch out to increase flexibility and stretch in the pain zone, thinking that fighting through the pain barrier is the way to achieve more flexibility.  This does little to increase range of motion and can even be dangerous.  In The Science of Stretching we teach you how to DEVELOP elongation of the muscle fibers.  Nothing is forced and you maximize progress rapidly all the way until a short time later, you reach your absolute maximum range of motion in that particular joint.  This can be achieved for all body parts.

Can a "normal guy" achieve ridiculous flexibility like you have?

"Yes, absolutely.  If you use the best, most effective training methods, you will get maximum results.  Maximum results are extreme.  The key is intelligent training.

How can this help athletics?

"For starters, injury reduction.  As you can tell, it's virtually IMPOSSIBLE for me to pull a hamstring.  But even more important than eliminating pulled muscles, a flexible muscle is more resilient to impact, stress, and even trauma.  It helps in jumping ability because a jump movement actually begins with a rapid pre-stretch of the muscle fibers.  Improving this pre-stretch response makes a big difference in jumping.  Improved range of motion also helps in the execution of many athletic moves, making more things possible in your game. 

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