The Flexibility Trap
You’ve been lied to about stretching.
"Flexible = healthy" is bullshit.
Every time you feel “tight,” the prescription is: stretch it out.
Trainers swear by it. Instagram gurus sell it like salvation.
But stretching isn’t the fix, it’s the distraction.
Flexibility tells you how far a joint can move.
Mobility is different: it’s whether you can control that range.
That’s what actually matters.
Flexibility = how far
Mobility = how well
You can touch your toes and still tweak your back picking up a pencil.
What you really need is controlled mobility → the ability to move through a range of motion with strength and stability.
Think lifting a squirming toddler, flexible hamstrings don’t matter if you can’t hinge, brace, and stand tall while picking up 30lbs that’s fighting back.
That 20-minute stretch routine?
All stretch, no strength.
It doesn’t fix the problem, it hides it.
Flip the script.
Don’t ask, “How flexible am I?”
Ask instead, “How well can I move and control the range I already have?”
Welcome to the flexibility trap.