Essentials: Improve Flexibility with Research-Supported Stretching Protocols

Jun 18, 2026 · 37 min · YouTube

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0:00Welcome to Huberman Lab Essentials, where we revisit past episodes for the most potent and actionable science-based tools for mental health, physical health, and performance.

0:11I'm Andrew Huberman, and I'm a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine.

0:17Today we are going to discuss the science and practice of flexibility and stretching.

0:22The important thing that I'd like you to know is that flexibility and the process of stretching and getting more flexible involves three major components.

0:30Neural, meaning of the nervous system, muscular, muscles, and connective tissue.

0:36Connective tissue is the stuff that surrounds the neural stuff and the muscular stuff, although it's all kind of weaved together and braided together in complicated ways.

0:44So here's a key thing that everyone should know, whether or not you're talking about flexibility or not.

0:50Your nervous system controls your muscles.

0:53It's what gets your muscles to contract.

0:56So within your spinal cord, you have a category of neurons, nerve cells, that are called motor neurons.

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