To stretch or not to stretch before exercise: What you need to know about warm-ups
To stretch or not to stretch before exercise: What you need to know about warm-ups To put the research into context, the average performance decrease (decrease in strength, power, speed) after static stretching across all studies is about three to five per cent. (Pixabay photo) Over the past 20 years, static muscle stretching has gotten a bad rap. Once considered an essential part of any sport or exercise warm-up, static stretching has now been removed from the picture almost entirely. This move followed extensive research showing that static stretching — where we stretch and then hold the ...
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