A importância da flexibilidade na musculação: um estudo sobre o conhecimento dos profissionais de educação física sobre a prescrição do treinamento de flexibilidade

Abstract

Flexibility is one of the components of physical fitness, which allows the realization of movements in certain joints with appropriate range of motion, but when we become sedentary beings, as well as by inadequate posture, repetition of movement and as we age, it tends to reduce, because these factors influence the range of motion, affecting strength, speed, coordination, also motor skills, besides predisposing our body to pathologies. But flexibility can be developed with specific training and stretching, which should be instructed by physical coaches, professionals who must master the matter flexibility, types of training, their importance and practice. The aim of this research is to verify the level of knowledge of physical education professionals regarding the prescription of flexibility training. The methodology used was the application of a questionnaire applied through google forms to bachelor's physical educators working in bodybuilding academies. The results showed that, although not all professionals have knowledge about what flexibility is, because they cannot properly express what it is in fact, failing to give only an importance for the development of flexibility, in addition to some not even evaluating the flexibility of their clients/students, it was possible to verify that professionals have specific knowledge about flexibility training, because they know the techniques that are scientifically accepted, which is importance, because if they know existing techniques, they will therefore master their proposals, the forms of implementation and the improvements that these techniques provide to customers, and demonstrate them the importance of training flexibility.