I'm a new member, in my 40s, and have been playing for about a year. While I am comfortable making most common chords and transitioning, I still feel that some shapes are almost impossible to make without increased flexibility in my fretting hand.

I have recently started using the spider exercise from the beginner course, but my tutor mentioned that I had left it too late for any significant physical changes to my fretting hand. Is this true? Will some chords/shapes always be out of reach (no pun intended) for the older player?

I've not managed to find an answer to this question in the forum, so apologies if you come across this question elsewhere.