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Stretching: A Vexing Issue
Part 2: What’s the Best Form of Stretching: Static or Dynamic? Unlike man, all stretches are not created equal. Not equal because stretches stretch different muscle groups (the lunge stretch stretches the hip flexors; the squat stretch stretches the quadriceps) and some stretches are more effective in stretching out one muscle group than another that [...]
Posted: March 10th, 2009 under Stretching.
Tags: dynamic stretching, static stretching
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Stretching: A Vexing Issue?
Part 1: Some Studies Suggest Stretching Is Pointless: Could This Be True? There’s a fellow I know who thinks almost all studies conducted are gobbledygook because all they do is point out what’s already obvious. While there’s no question studies often do point out what the educated person knows to be true intuitively, they just [...]
Posted: March 10th, 2009 under Stretching.
Tags: hamstring stretch, quadriceps stretch
Comments: 1