Stretching without warm-up

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@Johnjo101

I like to do a few static stretches during the day (hip flexors, hamstrings, etc) to overcome the tightness from spending the day sitting at my desk.

So how important is it to warm up before static stretching? What are the drawbacks to stretching without warming up?

If you keep the stretching very light (barely noticeable), you’ll probably be fine. If you try to actually stretch, you will pull muscles like LKH said.

Warming up is very important before stretching.