Evaluation and comparison of the flexibility of the lombar and hipper region between practicers of traditional active stretching and the stiff deadlift exercise
Abstract
We know that flexibility is an important component of basic physical fitness related to health and quality of life. Almost invariably we use the different types of stretching (active, passive, ballistic) to achieve the improvement of this physical capacity. Another form of exercise that brings the adjective to promote flexibility is resistance exercise, which thanks to the eccentric phase of the movement allows the stretching of the cells of the agonist muscles. Therefore, the objective of this study was to analyze and compare the effects of 8 weeks of traditional active stretching and the stiff deadlift exercise on hip and lumbar flexion (HLF). For this, 16 individuals of both genres were divided into two groups: G1 = Active Stretching (AS: women, n=5 and men, n=3) and G2 = Stiff Deadlift (SD: women, n=5 and men, n=3). All participants were submitted to pre- and post-application protocols, which consisted of 4 sets of 30 seconds (either performing AS or performing SD exercise). In both protocols, 60 seconds intervals were used between the series, being performed twice a week for 8 weeks. As a main result, we observed that after 8 weeks of training, both protocols resulted in a significant improvement (p <0.05) in flexibility. However, there was no statistically significant difference between the experimental groups (AS x SD). Therefore, it is concluded that 8 weeks of SD exercise generated improvement in HLF in the same proportion as the specific exercise (AS) used for this purpose.
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