OVER STRETCHING

Started by Ian Legrow, September 15, 2011 · 3 Replies · 2,263 Views

Ian Legrow

i have heard a lot of people say this is possible to do. But would it still be over stretching if i stretched for ten minutes before going into my pre warm up-warm up? ( i didnt knwo how to word that. the warm up before the actual warm up)

Aaron Griffin

It's not recommended to stretch as part of a warmup, unless you are doing dynamic stretching (leg swings, shoulder dislocates, etc). Static stretching should be done after strength work

Ian Legrow

ok thank you! :D

Cole Dano

In any case ten minutes of stretching is not that much, but better to keep to more dynamic stretching in warm up. However that will mean different things to different people.

Another option is stretching what you won't be using during the workout.