Adult performing a static stretching flexibility exercise

Static Stretching for Flexibility: What the Data Shows

AG Magazine • Fitness & Performance For decades, gym folklore has insisted that some bodies just are not built for static stretching — that if you are over 40, male, an athlete, or simply “not a flexible person,” your range of motion is basically locked in. A new 2026 systematic review and meta-analysis pooling 79 …

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