Genius of Flexibilty - Resistance Stretching

[CoreySmith]

Hello 10th planet family, I have been looking into picking up a copy of Bob Cooley's "Genius of Flexibility".
From what I understand the book focuses on resistance stretching to stretch the fascia of the muscles.
I am wondering if any of you have used resistance stretching in the past or present and what results you have experienced.
Would you recommend resistance stretching for Jiu Jitsu?
How would you compare it to static stretching or yoga?
Any opinions will be appreciated. Much love.

[mikel]

Hello 10th planet family, I have been looking into picking up a copy of Bob Cooley's "Genius of Flexibility".
From what I understand the book focuses on resistance stretching to stretch the fascia of the muscles.
I am wondering if any of you have used resistance stretching in the past or present and what results you have experienced.
Would you recommend resistance stretching for Jiu Jitsu?
How would you compare it to static stretching or yoga?
Any opinions will be appreciated. Much love.

When I worked for the US Navy Sports Medicine and Reconditioning Team we used it a lot, it worked well. I havn't did it in over 10 years tho, but I have never really lost my flexibility.

[CoreySmith]

I'm definitely going to chuck some resistance stretching in a few days a week. Hopefully I too will see some good results. My flexibility is a weak point of mine. Thanks for the reply.

[Jason Mallory]

I use to use isometric (resistance) stretching all the time in the 90's when I use to compete nationally in TKD. I've started to do it again recently to help rehab my knee. The best thing is to do isometrics 2 or 3 times a week and static stretching on the off days.

[Sean Marshall]

After checking out a video or 2 on youtube to see what this is, I would think this would be good for strengthening submission resistance. Like with arm bars or knee bars you are having your limb straightened out from being curled and flexed or the opposite, straight and flexed but curling with resistance. Im no muscle scientist or anything, but right away I could tell its something my muscles aren't used to doing. Feels so awkward and tight that Im wondering if its something Ive been missing out on for extra strength in unnatural positions. Gonna play with this for a while to check the results

[JorgenBore]

And to add in, I heard the guy running www.gymnasticbodies.com on Rob Wolf's podcast. He was saying that stretching and mobility work with resistance is the best way to go, and especially as Sean Marshall is saying, for strength in positions the body is not put in as often.