Stretching & Lactic Acid

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@Charlie_Francis

I found something similar. Those who were too flexible were more prone to injury and fatigue BUT you need to define what is too flexible and what is not enough at all. Often you would find athletes like Desai Williams who had extremely pliable and loose muscle fibre but also limited ROM compared to others who had big ROM (we’re talking almost splits front to back) but seemingly tight fibre. When you think about it, it makes sense cause Desai had more elastic response and less buildup of fatigue. Often those others had suffered numerous injuries, and, as a result, were advised to stretch like crazy by physios. That equalled less results and more injuries.

This is interesting. Personally I have a good ROM but very tight fibre. I do fatigue very quickly but I am very elastic… at least at contact times just outside that of sprint foot contacts. I’ve always wondered whether the tighness of fibres indicates anything??