In deep stretching, your stretch reflex can kick in - like catching yourself before a fall. It’s triggered by muscle spindles—tiny sensory receptors embedded in your muscles. Stretch too quickly or too far, and these spindles trigger a contraction in the muscle fibers (specifically, the sarcomeres) to protect you from overstretching or tearing. Why does this matter? Because if you push too far stretching, your muscles fight back. That’s why we use long, passive holds with max 7/10 intensity and

Have you ever heard of the stretch reflex?🧐 The moment you’re able to shift your perspective around mobility training, is the moment you’ll start seeing real gains. Think of how you approach your strength training now… What progressive overload principles are included? Those can also be implemented within your mobility protocol… At @primal.mobility NONE of our programs have long passive stretching holds in them. Sure there’s some benefit there, but the results you get from loading your muscles

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