I was sick, tired and had lost myself until I began lifting weights at 71

Re:I was sick, tired and had lost myself until I began lifti... by saurik on Sunday July 25, 2021 @03:14PM (#27952030)

(As far as I understand, the current research is that static stretching specifically-before working out is contraindicated as it will reduce performance and doesn't actually prevent injury.)

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Re:I was sick, tired and had lost myself until I began lifti... by 123pie123 on Sunday July 25, 2021 @03:19PM (#27952076)

I've never done any form of static stretching before an excercise, for resistance training (10+ years) I just warm my muscles up (20 reps) with the lowest weight - but I do static stretching on the area I've worked on the days afterwards

people who are hypermobile may (or will) have issues with out static stretching my friend is seriously hypermobile - she struggles to do anything without proper static stretching - YMMV

I wish I could be motivated to keep doing yoga or pilates

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Re:I was sick, tired and had lost myself until I began lifti... by blunte on Sunday July 25, 2021 @03:24PM (#27952112)

I have read the same. It does seem that modern advice is to just do some warmup movements rather than static stretches.

After, however, stretches are really important. Without proper post-workout stretching, you can wake up with muscles so tight that you can barely stand up. Not only is that hard on joints, it seems to slow the recovery process.

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