#53 - Why we Stretch Before Every Training Session and Game, and why you should too.
Stretching before sport has taken a battering from the science headlines lately, but we think most of those studies miss what actually matters. Dose, timing and the right stretches change everything: 25 to 30 seconds held gently, the correct positions for your sport, then straight into activation and a dynamic warm-up. We also dig into why the scientific method itself can mislead when it is applied without enough nuance.
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- New Yorker Article on the topic of thinking
- Veritasium video on the flaws in the scientific method
Some articles on the same topic: - Article 1- Article 2
The AIS stretching study (it was actually 2008): - The negative effects of static stretching are restored when combined with a sport specific warm-up component
Two of our favourite exaggerated stretching protocol studies:- Article 1- Article 2
- The Crouching Three (our favourite stretches)
Core Advantage’s activation and dynamic warm-up series:- Activation- Dynamic warm-up- One of our best articles on the topic of stretching and athletic performance