More Warm-Up issues with static stretching...

[duxx]

@jumper

Svidja mi se tvoja slika, Duxx. Tesla je bio genije, i steta da na zapadu ne znaju bas za njega.

In regards to the topic, I think its counter-intuitive to static stretch before training. It makes sense to go for a jog or just something to get the blood flowing, like ride a bike, go for a brisk walk, etc.

I read in one of Lance Armstrong’s books that once he turned up to a competition late or some shit, so he didn’t have time to warm up properly. What he did was sit in his car for a while with the heating turned up high until he felt warm enough to compete! Haha. Whatever gets the job done, I suppose…

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[Charlie_Francis]

@lkh

What comes to mind here is how a certain fellow named Kopernicus had the audacity to suggest that the earth wasn’t the center of the universe:
When the scientific method needs to present results in terms of psychological factors…what you really have is an education issue. And while Charlie may be right that there is a way to do stretching so as not to pay a performance penalty, there seems little if any reason to do it in the first place. If it doesn’t reduce the risk of injury and it will make you weaker if not outright slower–what you need to run fast is not flexibility but stiffness–what IS the reason to do it?

If you are right in the first half of your last sentence, you would be right in the second half.
Based on my experience, you are not.
Science is a funny thing. Experience tells me that my athletes would have kicked Kopernicus’ ass in the 100m but science would say I have no proof of that.

[no23]

@Charlie_Francis

Experience tells me that my athletes would have kicked Kopernicus’ ass in the 100m but science would say I have no proof of that.

And Human Nature tells you - three or four well known ‘gurus’ would claim to have seen your athletes stretch for 5 hours before they beat Kopernicus.