unexpected
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I've recently been researching stretching and thought I'd throw some food for thought out here....
Traditionally, stretching has been used as a pre-workout "warm-up" to get "the blood flowing". I think the general "trend" now is that stretching is of greater importance after a workout and that pre-workout stretching can lead to injury.
One interesting thing I've noted is that most of the time, stretching is used in conjuction with the running sports- I always see runners/swimmers stretch, but I rarely see weightlifters stretch. why is that?
Another interesting thing I've come across is the idea of "tension". Several (questionable?) sources say that stretching is bad for explosive movements (like lifting, jumping, etc.) because it ruins the "tension" in the leg. To me, this reeks of "bro-science", but I don't know enough of the real science behind stretching to definitely go one way or another. What's real and what's not? Has anyone attempted to do yoga/pilates with a serious weightlifting routine (or would that be just weird?).
Anyways, if anyone has comments/ideas/authoritative diatribes on stretching, I'd love to hear them.
Traditionally, stretching has been used as a pre-workout "warm-up" to get "the blood flowing". I think the general "trend" now is that stretching is of greater importance after a workout and that pre-workout stretching can lead to injury.
One interesting thing I've noted is that most of the time, stretching is used in conjuction with the running sports- I always see runners/swimmers stretch, but I rarely see weightlifters stretch. why is that?
Another interesting thing I've come across is the idea of "tension". Several (questionable?) sources say that stretching is bad for explosive movements (like lifting, jumping, etc.) because it ruins the "tension" in the leg. To me, this reeks of "bro-science", but I don't know enough of the real science behind stretching to definitely go one way or another. What's real and what's not? Has anyone attempted to do yoga/pilates with a serious weightlifting routine (or would that be just weird?).
Anyways, if anyone has comments/ideas/authoritative diatribes on stretching, I'd love to hear them.