MartialArtsNomad.com » stretching http://martialartsnomad.com Martial Arts, MMA, Fitness and Fighters Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:48:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Is There A Better Way To Stretch? http://martialartsnomad.com/2008/11/05/is-there-a-better-way-to-stretch/ http://martialartsnomad.com/2008/11/05/is-there-a-better-way-to-stretch/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:49:29 +0000 admin http://martialartsnomad.com/?p=70 A New York Times report on stretching suggests that its counter productive to stretch and hold as we do traditionally. Thats called a static stretch. Athletes who perform after having statically stretched actually have lower performace levels than athletes who stretch dynamically. If your sport is dynamic and explosive, consider adding in stretching exercises that involve a measure of moving.

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