KRISTINA CANIZARES, CSCS

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Flexibility Fitness and Contortion-Based Mobility training

Featured Posts

Contortion Technique

Oct 30, 2024

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7 min read

What is Flexibility?

Debunking the most common myth about flexibility training to understand what causes increased range of motion

Kristina Canizares

Contortion Technique

Mobility Training: Increasing Flexibility is Different Than Other Fitness Goals

Nov 15, 2014

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3 min read

Mobility Training: Increasing Flexibility is Different Than Other Fitness Goals

The mindset and techniques that are often applied to strength an endurance training don't work well for flexibility training

Kristina Canizares

Dec 4, 2024

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5 min read

What Causes Tight Muscles?

Chronically tight muscles are always tight for a reason. Understanding what makes a muscle unable to relax can guide your mobility training.

Kristina Canizares

Hip Mobility

Mobility for Adults Part 1: Increasing Flexibility as an Adult

Nov 9, 2014

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5 min read

Mobility for Adults Part 1: Increasing Flexibility as an Adult

How to approach mobility training for safe, effective flexibility as an adult

Contortion Technique

Apr 16, 2015

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3 min read

What is Active Flexibility Training

Active Range of Motion is your combined strength, flexibility, and control for useable mobility

Kristina Canizares

Whispering to your hamstrings might be the best exercise you've done all week

Overcoming isometrics are one of the most underused tools in flexibility training. Learn how they help rebuild neuromuscular connections, reduce muscle guarding, and improve mobility

Kristina Canizares

Fitness Culture

Progressive Overload vs Progressive Underload: What Your Brain Needs to Get Flexible

Aug 20, 2026

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7 min read

Progressive Overload vs Progressive Underload: What Your Brain Needs to Get Flexible

Why working harder could be making you tighter

Kristina Canizares

Contortion Technique

The Homunculus in Your Head — And Why It Matters for Flexibility

Aug 13, 2026

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6 min read

The Homunculus in Your Head — And Why It Matters for Flexibility

Your brain uses a neural map called the homunculus to manage movement. When that map gets blurry, chronic tightness follows. Learn how to rebuild it through somatic movement.

Kristina Canizares

Fitness Culture

It's not your age. It's your nervous system.

Jul 29, 2026

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6 min read

It's not your age. It's your nervous system.

Why Your Nervous System Keeps You Tight — And How Age Makes It Worse

Kristina Canizares

Contortion Technique

How to Warm Up for Flexibility Fitness — What Actually Works

Jul 22, 2026

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4 min read

How to Warm Up for Flexibility Fitness — What Actually Works

How warming up for flexibility requires us to bend the rules

Kristina Canizares

Contortion Technique

Does Getting Older Really Make you Less Flexible?

Jul 9, 2026

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5 min read

Does Getting Older Really Make you Less Flexible?

Does getting older really make you less flexible? Strategies to combat age-related immobility

Kristina Canizares

Fitness Blog

What I've Learned in the 3 Months Since Knee Reconstruction

Jul 1, 2026

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4 min read

What I've Learned in the 3 Months Since Knee Reconstruction

Recovering from knee surgery is a major life lesson... PLUS enter to win a 30 minute AMA with me every month by referring friends to Fit & Bendy

Kristina Canizares

Jun 18, 2026

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4 min read

Fascia and Pain: How are they Related?

What role does fascia play in the experience and recovery from chronic pain and tightness... let's explore the nuance

Kristina Canizares

Fitness Culture

False Advertising: Pilates Wont Give you a "Pilates Body"

Jun 4, 2026

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5 min read

False Advertising: Pilates Wont Give you a "Pilates Body"

Moving beyond aspirational marketing that is grounded in elitism not physiology

Kristina Canizares

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Fit & Bendy

Featured Posts

What is Flexibility?

Mobility Training: Increasing Flexibility is Different Than Other Fitness Goals

What Causes Tight Muscles?

Mobility for Adults Part 1: Increasing Flexibility as an Adult

What is Active Flexibility Training

Archive

Whispering to your hamstrings might be the best exercise you've done all week

Progressive Overload vs Progressive Underload: What Your Brain Needs to Get Flexible

The Homunculus in Your Head — And Why It Matters for Flexibility

It's not your age. It's your nervous system.

How to Warm Up for Flexibility Fitness — What Actually Works

Does Getting Older Really Make you Less Flexible?

What I've Learned in the 3 Months Since Knee Reconstruction

Fascia and Pain: How are they Related?

False Advertising: Pilates Wont Give you a "Pilates Body"

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