Dynamic or Static???..
Full Body or Seperate Body Parts???..
Also, Does anyone have a proven top 10 stretches that work really well for an Athlete/Sprinter???..
Anyone have there favourite top 3-10 etc??..
Any good links from the past that have been posted onto these boards???..
Any comments…
A good thread from the archives on stretching;
‘Static stretch after weights’
can anyone else tell me of other good threads specifically on stretching in the archive? I can’t find any others.
Its all a personal preference thing. Some athletes/coaches will agrue saying static stretching is bad (detrimental) but personally i have been doing static stretching then dynamic stretching my whole life and i have adapted to it and that is how i get my body ready. The problem i think arises when you overdo the staic stretching and correct me if i am saying this wrong but an overstretched muscle cannot apply as much force and is more prone to injury in that state. I think a combination of both static and dynamic is best but as i said it is an individual thing.
fluke…are you using the assisted stretches?
clemson - just started to. i don’t have a routine yet, i’m just trying everything out. i will keep you posted. and thanks again.
Staying Supple: The Bountiful Pleasures of Stretching by John Jerome is a really good book about stretching,flexibility and how it ties to athletics, the book also has a chapter with illustrations of stretches you can try. The book is very deep. Someone on this forum reccomended it and I bought it and have not been dissapointed it’s a great book.