Re: How useful is stretching for weight training soreness?
- From: Hobbes <khobman800@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:29:27 -0600
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<1a49ecbb-f215-4611-bf02-5bafd691410f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
jonpaulwade <jonpaulwade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
According to this article, stretching does little to prevent muscle
soreness after training. Is this something people agree with, or
disagree? Do you find that stretching helps cope with soreness?
http://www.motleyhealth.com/articles/2007/10/stretching-before-you-exercise-ma
y-be.html
Without looking at the article (which is called stretching before
exercise, not after) you have to define what stretching is. If you are
doing a passive static stretch you probably aren't doing yourself much
good. You inhibit your ability to develop force during the workout and
do nothing to prevent injury.
If you are doing a dynamic range of motion stretch prior to working out
or after it is probably all good. If you are doing an active static
stretch after working out it is probably all good.
So the short answer is: it depends. What we often think of as stretching
- a passive hold to increase ROM - is really only useful if there is a
problem about a joint in terms of ROM. It wouldn't be useful for muscles
soreness. However, an active ROM stretch (yoga poses for example)
increases the useful ROM and strengthens joints and muscles about
joints. It can be thought of as a relatively moderate resistance program
that can help restoration.
--
Keith
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