Stretching is bad for you...

[jumbopackage]

At least doing it the wrong way is, apparently.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/sports/playmagazine/112pewarm.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

 

[IsUaClone2]

This is truly bad news as "static" is the only condition I can achieve. :smile:

Dynamic is now a foreign word.

 

[Covenant Clone]

intuitively it makes sense. One of the fastest guys I have ever personally been around wasn't very flexible and never stretched "the normal" way.

 

[jdoggivjc]

My chiro/trainer has said this is a controversial issue - as some think that stretching will cause a greater chance at injury than not, at least when you're not warmed up. Cool down stretching still isn't a bad idea.

 

[bos]

 

[isufbcurt]

I ran my best track times without stretching

 

[CycloneErik]

When I taught martial arts, the more I looked into it, the more I discovered that everyone had their own idea, probably whatever it took to get something published.

For me, it worked best to warm-up to a sweat, then stretch, but I'm not a naturally flexible type.

 

[cyclonedave25]

For me, it worked best to warm-up to a sweat, then stretch, but I'm not a naturally flexible type.

That's what I do also. I barely ever use static stretching, now a days, I like more of a dynamic type warmup. But, if I were to static stretch anybody, I would always warm up by running or some other movement first.
When it comes to strength training, I never stretch. Instead, I'll do a light warm up set to get warmed up, rather than stretching the muscles I'm going to lift.

 

[CycloneErik]

That's what I do also. I barely ever use static stretching, now a days, I like more of a dynamic type warmup. But, if I were to static stretch anybody, I would always warm up by running or some other movement first.
When it comes to strength training, I never stretch. Instead, I'll do a light warm up set to get warmed up, rather than stretching the muscles I'm going to lift.

Me, too, if I get off the couch like I should.

 

[cyclonedave25]

Me, too, if I get off the couch like I should.

That truly is the hardest part! :biglaugh:
(especially when it's cold and snowy outside)

 

[CycloneErik]

That truly is the hardest part! :biglaugh:
(especially when it's cold and snowy outside)

Maybe I should get back to kicking people. Someone's head at the end of my foot was always a good motivation to get up!!!:smile:

 

[Kyle]

It doesn't appear to be bad, it just decreases power if done prior to a workout. I static stretch on an almost nightly basis before going to bed and it does wonders for my back.

 

[Phaedrus]

I've tried the military version of this, but provided that the military's fitness program has always been industrial strength stupid, counterproductive and designed to produce the maximum amount of injuries in the shortest time, I'm less than impressed by the statistics.

"Duck-walking" and "squatting" to warm up just sounds dumb, and the new army workout prescribes just such a thing...

 

[JHudd]

I've tried the military version of this, but provided that the military's fitness program has always been industrial strength stupid, counterproductive and designed to produce the maximum amount of injuries in the shortest time, I'm less than impressed by the statistics.

"Duck-walking" and "squatting" to warm up just sounds dumb, and the new army workout prescribes just such a thing...

I agree with you here completely, though this is a step in the right direction just a bit misguided. The real problem is that it will take the Army another 10 years or so to update the program, I am still waiting on the change away from the full sit-up to the crunch.