Question

magine you have two friends, Jose and Jessie. Jose is a gifted athlete, but Jessie lives a sedentary lifestyle. Jose and Jessie both ask you to develop an action plan to improve their flexibility. How would your advice differ for Jose and Jessie? Consider specific exercises, frequency of exercise, level of conditioning, levels of flexibility, goal setting, and other important factors in your response.

Answer 1

Advice for Jose is to start to work-on a more advance level of flexibility such as Knee to chest, side lungs, seat side straddle and more. Advice for Jessie would be to start with the safety doing stretches, perform simple warmups and experiment on doing the spits.

Answer 2

Answer:

First of all, Jose and Jessie have a big difference when it comes to physical health and condition. Jessie is not able to perform the same exercises as Jose, neither the same intensity, and they cannot have the same goal.

So, for Jessie improve her flexibility we have to consider low intensity exercises, specifically, aerobic exercises, like walking, dancing, jogging at a low pace, pilates and yoga. Jessie, as a sedentary person most consider to do those aerobic activities three times per week, at least 30 minutes to ensure that she is demanding enough effort from her body, but all at low intensity.

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