Does Stretching Before Exercise Actually Help?
It seems like a good idea to stretch before exercising, but does it actually prevent injuries, or improve your performance? Hosted by: Michael Aranda Head to https://scishowfinds.com/ for...
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[ ♪ Intro ] You know the drill: Cross your arm over your chest, count to twenty, then cross your other arm over. And then bend down and touch your toes. It’s the same old stretching routine that gym teachers have been using for decades, because it supposedly helps with flexibility, which helps with exercise. Unfortunately, those few minutes of stretching before running won’t exactly keep you from getting injured or drop your mile time. There’s more to it than that. But the good news is: if you want to be more flexible, stretching will eventually pay off. Flexibility is just the ability to move a joint through a range of motion without getting hurt. And the kind of stretching where you lengthen a muscle and hold it for a few seconds — called static ...
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[ ♪ Intro ] You know the drill: Cross your arm over your chest, count to twenty, then cross your other arm over. And then bend down and touch your toes. It’s the same old stretching routine that gym teachers have been using for decades, because it supposedly helps with flexibility, which helps with exercise. Unfortunately, those few minutes of stretching before running won’t exactly keep you from getting injured or drop your mile time. There’s more to it than that. But the good news is: if you want to be more flexible, stretching will eventually pay off. Flexibility is just the ability to move a joint through a range of motion without getting hurt. And the kind of stretching where you lengthen a muscle and hold it for a few seconds — called static ...
