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This is very true, and it is almost like the fight-or-flight response, where your body gets the adrenaline rushing and that is when you hear about people being able to lift cars and jump from 6-story buildings. It is a natural instinct of survival that we all have inside of us. Hope this helps.
Tracking your flexibility over time as you train. There are no requirements on how flexible you need to be and there is no correlation of your length of life or muscle strength with how flexible you are.