The days of a static stretch before a workout are gone. If you're out for a sprint, on the court for a pickup basketball game, or cycling your ass of
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The days of a static stretch before a workout are gone. If you're out for a sprint, on the court for a pickup basketball game, or cycling your ass off, you 're going to need your body to be ready for everything you throw at it. If you begin with static stretching, It produces tiny tears in the muscle tissue which can increase injury risk. You don't want to be sidelined because you're a professional athlete with any of your activities. For a sprinter in the hamstring, a slight tear from static stretching will lead to the pulled hamstring during a race. The same is true for the basketball pick-up game. Should not do a static stretch on your hamstring, because it can lead to something dangerous as you take off explosively for recovery or lay-up from the deck. A mountain biker needs a lot of strength to churn up steep inclines, so you can stop static stretching before shredding the trails.
A question here; do you stretch or warm-up before workouts?
A dynamic warm-up designed to target areas of the body must be done before exercise, which will need to be ready for any workout or activity you will be doing. Also, the whole body will also be actively providing optimum warm-up. A good dynamic warm-up increases blood flow to certain parts of the body that require it, which increases the recruitment of muscle fiber. Which is to say, it wakes people up and they're primed for practice. Having more muscle fibers to join the party would make your efficiency even better.
Now Let's look at a Powerlifter
Consider a powerlifter. Powerlifting is a very volatile sport and getting the body ready or the risk of injury if high is extremely necessary. Pretend that we're in a race, and we've got two athletes. They get ready on the bench for their big all-out lift. Assume that the two athletes are the same height, have the same bench limit, and wear the same clothing. Take Powerlifter A, who does nothing to prepare for the climb. He sits on the bench, he didn't invite all the muscle fibers to the dance, he didn't have the blood flow to conduct this highly explosive movement safely and he fails. Powerlifter B, stationary bike warm-ups. He also makes his usual muscles, turns, swings his neck, and he gets on a warm-up bench to lift a lightweight and works his way up to a strong muscle fiber recruitment weight. He doesn't struggle but succeeds and is actually able to lift more than expected to the adrenaline and mind-set.
Make sure you have a dynamic warm-up in your routine, you can see how it can be helpful.
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