This place is too quiet.
Anyway, just happens I saw an interesting YouTube vid with John Meadows and Dave Tate last night re warm up exercises. First one was hanging leg raises, then JM was doing arms out band stretching from his back overhead to chest.
Then…I got interrupted and never got back to it. Gotta find it again. I do have a lot of respect for these two guys.
Unless something is really tight, I won't do static stretching immediately before a workout. It's always either after or at least 24 hours before the next major workout. I always do some sort of dynamic stretching/warm up before I get started.
The reason is that I believe the static stretching will inhibit the stretch-reflex response of the muscles and leaves you more prone to injury when lifting heavy.
I’ve read not to stretch prior to training for the stretch reflex too, but like you I have a couple nagging muscles. Looking for the best way to handle it.
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Heck, I've had to abort entire workouts because I just couldn't get something to loosen up. No matter what I did, I felt it getting tighter, so I just backed off everything until I could get it sorted. Don't know why it happened.
Use some quality time to focus only on stretching. If you put it before a training session you can rush it bc of that urge to push the weights, if you wait to do it after you'll likely skip it. Focus a specific time and really work out the kinks. Your body will thank you.
Mobility and stretching should be it's own separate workout whenever you find the time. Best on days you don't train IMO.
You should do some basic mobility/stretching or what have you before training and only spend 5-10 minutes doing so; otherwise, you'll overstretch the muscle you're about to train and will be susceptible to injury.
Something that I don't do enough of is joint capsule stretching. Ball in socket joints like your hip or shoulder have muscles underneath the muscles that just hold the ball in the socket. With my shoulders especially, the front gets too tight and pulls the ball out of alignment and contributes to the ache. PNF stretches with band tension do good to get them loosened up.
When I have been doing my little runs lately, I will do a few bodyweight squats as a kind of dynamic stretching and then some static quad stretching because my legs are really tight. Then I'll do a couple laps walking and then I'll stretch like this again before I start the running part.
When I have been doing my little runs lately, I will do a few bodyweight squats as a kind of dynamic stretching and then some static quad stretching because my legs are really tight. Then I'll do a couple laps walking and then I'll stretch like this again before I start the running part.
Whatever works!
The muscles that usually stay tight on me, I'll static stretch them, band stretch them and do some dynamic stretching type of stuff as part of warmup/pre-workout. It's made a big dfference. I do some additional stretching almost daily for a few troublesome areas but not much else. Used to do a lot of ROMWOD! Perhaps I should reactivate my account but maaaaaaaaaaaaan that H U R T S, LOL!