When It Comes to Static Stretching, Timing Is Everything
Despite being a highly practiced warm up and cool down method, static stretching has been under fire over the last few years. Virtually every scientific
Despite being a highly practiced warm up and cool down method, static stretching has been under fire over the last few years. Virtually every scientific
By now we have heard that static stretching is the devil. Plenty of research has shown that static stretches alone don’t provide a proper warmup,
Recently, there have been numerous articles reporting the effects of static stretching on strength. The studies were thorough and detailed the acute weakening effect of
Static stretching is the whipping boy of exercise science these days. While we once thought it was a requirement for warming up, now study after
Recently I wrote a popular article on passive stretching referencing research that indicated this type of stretching reduced strength. In the article I concluded that
I often see people doing regular passive stretching before exercise. For years we’ve been told that this might not be the best method because it
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