N.Y. Times article on warmup stretching is persuasive
OK, OK. I give up! I’ll confine my 30-second-per-leg static stretches to after a workout. The New York Times has weighed in on this oft-debated subject, and its conclusions make sense: You wanna do dynamic stretching (a.k.a. stretching while moving) to help prepare you for athletic action. Here’s the article. In July 2007, USATF launched its own stretching study. When will its results be divulged? I don’t know, but I’m guessing it’ll reach the same conclusions as that commie rag in the Big Apple.
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Thank you for providing the link to this article Ken. It helps to support those of us who coach and believe that dynamic stretching makes sense. There is an increasing amount of literature explaining the benefits of preparing for exercise this way, but as stated in the article, there is still a lot of pre exercise static stretching being taught to youth. I’ll certainly be sharing the link to the article.:)
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