i think yoga is a valid way to stay healthy and in shape but there are better ways to spend your time if your if your training for athletics.
I dont think there is a conflict between strength & flexibility. They are 2 different bio-motor qualities. Although, i believe isometric strength plays quite a role, especially in PNF stretching.
I don’t think you can be too strong or too powreful or too flexible. You can’t have too much of a good thing.
Why’s that?
because it takes quite some strength to hold an isometric contraction for (6-10 secs) before releasing it and finding your new greater rom. Don’t you agree?
Not really… Or at least not to that extent, I believe. And considering the fact that the contraction doesn’t have to be of great magnitude. It’s not a matter of a fixed strength value produced, but more of personal “ability”, if you want -they should isometrically contract as hard as comfortable and for as long as comforatble. On the other hand, if the contraction is lower than usual at any given moment, or if there is a difference between sides, more attention is needed there!
the relation between ROM and strength is mobility and stability.
the contraction of the antagonist is to exploit neurological phenomina inwhich inhibtion is induced in the stretched muscle thereby allowing further range of motion.