[MrMan]

Flexibility isn't something to chase. I warm up by doing a light version of the activity I am doing. My PT disabused me of the primacy of stretching after I got a herniated disc. I stopped stretching and started lifting and doing body weight exercises and stopped doing cross fit and I healed up and never stretch anymore.

[hinkley]

The word "flexibility" is not owned by contortionists. Range of motion is still very important, and while yoga can and does tend to the contortionist end of the spectrum, tai chi does not, and yet it still cares quite a bit about flexibility, as an antonym to tightness/stiffness.