Kashmir
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Sometimes I feel like I'm just shouting into the wind. Not everyone can become flexible (keeping in mind flexibility - Range of Motion - can vary from joint to joint within any one person).However, if you feel it's just stiffness of muscles, any stretches cheer leaders do can help. Cheer leaders and gymnasts have to be extremely flexible.
Yes, you can usually increase your muscle length - but not always - and not with any old exercise. But if you are not capable of the ROM due to a range of factors - you can try all you like - all you'll do is become frustrated at best, waste precious time - and at worst injure yourself - and some injuries are long term (arthritis and ripped ligament for instance)
I blame the years of "girls can do anything" - no they cannot if you are looking at any one individual. As a group - yes. Cheer leaders and gymnasts have particular body type plus hard work and talent. Wishing does not change bone configuration, muscle/ligament composition nor undo old damage.