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top advice, the only two things to add is never underestimate the power of some sort of stretching. Before any work out and after the work out (if your doing re
by 123pie123 5y ago
top advice, the only two things to add is never underestimate the power of some sort of stretching. Before any work out and after the work out (if your doing resistance training also stretch if you can during the recovery ie build phase)
if you do some sort of workout try and make it symmetrical eg if you excercise your chest then do your back otherwise it will give you a hunch
- saurik 5y ago(As far as I understand, the current research is that static stretching specifically-before working out is contraindicated as it will reduce performance and doesn't actually prevent injury.)
- 123pie123 5y agoI've never done any form of static stretching before an excercise, for resistance training (10+ years) I just warm my muscles up (20 reps) with the lowest weight - but I do static stretching on the area I've worked on the days afterwards people who are hypermobile may (or will) have issues with out static stretching my friend is seriously hypermobile - she struggles to do anything without proper static stretching - YMMV I wish I could be motivated to keep doing yoga or pilates
- blunte 5y agoI have read the same. It does seem that modern advice is to just do some warmup movements rather than static stretches. After, however, stretches are really important. Without proper post-workout stretching, you can wake up with muscles so tight that you can barely stand up. Not only is that hard on joints, it seems to slow the recovery process.