Summary: The objective of this study was to evaluate varia tion in the lumbar spine extension (LSE) muscular strength index and the hydroxyproline (HP) urinary concentrations as a function of flexibility training with maxi mum intensity (flexibilizing) statically, by proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) and submaximally. The sample population -with an age of 17.13 ± 1.23; body mass of 63.23 ± 6.36 kg; height of 173.62 ± 5.465 cm and body fat percentage of 10 ± 3.62% -comprised 60 male individuals divided randomly into four equal groups: CG (control), StrG (stretching), SFG (static flexibilizing) and PNFG (flexibilizing by PNF). The statistical program SPSS 14.0 for Windows was used to perform a Shapiro Wilk test to verify the normality of the data and Levene's test to analyze the homogeneity of the sample, repeated measures ANOVA for multiple compa risons among groups and the Tukey's HSD Post Hoc test to determine the statistical difference within groups of the variables. A significance level of 95% (p<0.05) was adopted. The results showed a significant difference in LSE between PNFG and CG (D% = 11%; p = 0.029). It can be concluded that the practice of PNF increased strength in the study group.Keywords: muscle strength, hydroxyproline, muscle stret ching exercises List of non-standard abbreviations: LSE -lumbar spine extension; HP -hydroxyproline; SF -sta tic flexibilizing; CG -control group; PNF -proprio cep tive neuromuscular facilitation; PERFLEX -Perceived Exer tion Scale on Flexibility; SPSS -Statistical Package for So cial Science.Kratak sadr`aj: Cilj studije bio je da se odrede varijacije indeksa mi{i}ne snage ekstenzije lumbalnog dela ki~me i koncentracije hidroksiprolina u urinu kao funkcija ve`banja fleksibilnosti sa maksimalnim intenzitetom (fleksibilizacija) stati~no, proprioceptivnom neuromi{i}nom facilitacijom (PNF) i submaksimalno. Ispitivanu populaciju -prose~ne starosti 17,13±1,23; telesne mase 63,23±6,36 kg; visine 173,62±5,465 cm i sa prose~nim procentom telesne masti 10±3,62 % -~inilo je 60 mu{karaca nasumi~no podeljenih u 4 jednake grupe: CG (kontrolnu grupu), StrG (istezanje), SFG (stati~na fleksibilizacija) i PNFG (fleksibilizacija metodom PNF). Statisti~ki program SPSS 14.0 za »Windows« kori{}en je za izvo|enje testa Shapiro-Wilk kako bi se utvrdila normalnost podataka i homogenost uzorka. Za ponovljena merenja kori{}ena je ANOVA sa vi{estrukim pore|enjima izme|u grupa a Tukeyjev HSD post hoc test za utvr|ivanje statisti~ke razlike u okviru grupa varijabli. Usvojen je nivo zna~ajnosti od 95 % (p<0,05). Rezultati pokazuju zna~ajnu razliku u ekstenziji lumbalnog dela ki~me izme|u PNFG i CG (D%=11%, p=0,029). Mo`e se zaklju~iti da je upra`njavanje PNF poja~alo snagu u prou~avanoj grupi.Klju~ne re~i: mi{i}na snaga, hidroksiprolin, ve`be za istezanje mi{i}a