on Sunday, January 30, 2011





Flexibility is a major component of every gymnasts routines,  degrees of flexibility are worth tenths of points in a gymnasts routine (which for elite athletes in huge) .  Apparently though, just the simple splits and gaining flexibility through normal stretching is no longer enough.  Check out Bend It and article from popsci.com  They are essentially using vibrating boxes in order to help gymnasts increase their flexibility anywhere from 20-100%!

Gymnast Using Flexibility Enhancing Device 


This is definitely an interesting contraption and I have no idea if its currently being used or not but devices such as these could definitely bring about more changes in the expectations of the sport as far as flexibility goes.