- deep stretch 1-2 times a week should be more than sufficient to widen your ROM
- otherwise light warming up as many times a day as you can to maintain active ROM
Saw an article saying stretching before workout is bad. Makes you more prone to injury. You should just do 60-80% of your intended load as a warmup. Only stretch after your workouts cuz ya know, you're ready to stretch beyond what you're used to.
Wagmi
>Do you stretch before and after a workout, IST?
not usually but I should stretch more. makes me feel like a god after a good stretch session. definetly underrated .
I might do some very light dynamic stuff before warming up if I'm sore but it feels like it could easily do more harm than good. I try to minimize it. Should only be done as a last resort before skipping a workout.
Some static stretching after can feel nice as part of the cooldown but again it has to be done with caution. There are no benefits to stretching and there's some risk for harm, so you only do it because it feels good.
- deep stretch 1-2 times a week should be more than sufficient to widen your ROM
- otherwise light warming up as many times a day as you can to maintain active ROM
And that's it.
>light warming up
As far as I know, the muscle had to be warm before stretching. That's why usually I stretch (Static) between sets and do mobility/dynamic warm up before workout.
I just do morning stretches to get the blood flowing.
Usually after the gym if I'm feeling tight. Before bed is a good time for it too
No, because that would be counter-productive.
- deep stretch 1-2 times a week should be more than sufficient to widen your ROM
- otherwise light warming up as many times a day as you can to maintain active ROM
And that's it.
Saw an article saying stretching before workout is bad. Makes you more prone to injury. You should just do 60-80% of your intended load as a warmup. Only stretch after your workouts cuz ya know, you're ready to stretch beyond what you're used to.
Wagmi
always before workout
Better to stretch after a workout because stretching makes your muscles loose and in turn it fucks up your form
I do dynamic stretches before and do the normal stretches for the muscles used afterwards.
If you do normal stretches before you can loose performance i think. AFAIK it is this way for sprinters.
Dynamic stretching before, static after/some other time.
I usually do static stretching completely separately or after rooning. I pretty much just do the movement with lighter weights as a warmup now
>Do you stretch before and after a workout, IST?
not usually but I should stretch more. makes me feel like a god after a good stretch session. definetly underrated .
>before
no I like gains
gym buddy forces me to stretch before and after workouts so yeah
>gym buddy force stretches me before and after workouts
that's a good gym buddy
I might do some very light dynamic stuff before warming up if I'm sore but it feels like it could easily do more harm than good. I try to minimize it. Should only be done as a last resort before skipping a workout.
Some static stretching after can feel nice as part of the cooldown but again it has to be done with caution. There are no benefits to stretching and there's some risk for harm, so you only do it because it feels good.
I have tendinitis on my knee and shoulders so they are pretty much mandatory
Yes because my squat is absolute shit and I wanna lift atg
Nope, stretching has his time and place far from workouts
I stretch your mom before and after a workout
Yea, active stretching prior. Static stretching after. Feelsgoodman.
I didn't know about active, that's good info
>light warming up
As far as I know, the muscle had to be warm before stretching. That's why usually I stretch (Static) between sets and do mobility/dynamic warm up before workout.
yes
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