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<blockquote data-quote="tashaleeministry" data-source="post: 60739465" data-attributes="member: 308567"><p>haha, i am not an expert on stretching by any means. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>as a fitness professional, i would say it is important to warm up before exercising and cool-down afterward. stretching is important for flexibility and a great time to stretch (the whole body) is after muscles are warmed up from a workout. stretching cold muscles can strain them. (i have hurt myself stretching cold muscles.)</p><p>stretch 3-5 times a week for flexibility.</p><p></p><p>the above is what i can tell you as a professional.</p><p>personally, i like to stretch after exercising so that my muscles don't get too tight. when i recently injured my hip, it was from overdoing my exercise and all the muscles were very tight. so when that happened, i was stretching every time i felt pain, which was quite often during the day. the muscles have slowly loosened up and i have been stretching much less frequently. i hit every muscle group when i stretch, but spend some extra time on areas that feel tight when i stretch them. </p><p></p><p>from what you are saying it sounds like there is a possibility you could be overdoing it on stretching, but i really don't know. stretching to pain is not good. going slow is good, breathing is good. listening to your body is good. i never realized that stretching took so much work, but when i got injured and stretched so much during the day, i saw that it really does. if things feel tight, stretch. i don't know that flexibility for the sake of super-flexibility is that great. i stretch so that i don't have pain from tightness, and have progressed to more flexibility. but it is possible to be overly flexible and then hurt oneself. </p><p></p><p>i personally find myself getting more flexible because i feel "tight" so i stretch to where things don't feel "tight" anymore...and day by day, i have to stretch further to not feel "tight" as i get more flexible. it is interesting. i don't push myself just to reach a flexibility goal--that does not seem safe to me, and i am all about avoiding injury. i just stretch to where i feel "better" and not tight. hope that makes sense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tashaleeministry, post: 60739465, member: 308567"] haha, i am not an expert on stretching by any means. :) as a fitness professional, i would say it is important to warm up before exercising and cool-down afterward. stretching is important for flexibility and a great time to stretch (the whole body) is after muscles are warmed up from a workout. stretching cold muscles can strain them. (i have hurt myself stretching cold muscles.) stretch 3-5 times a week for flexibility. the above is what i can tell you as a professional. personally, i like to stretch after exercising so that my muscles don't get too tight. when i recently injured my hip, it was from overdoing my exercise and all the muscles were very tight. so when that happened, i was stretching every time i felt pain, which was quite often during the day. the muscles have slowly loosened up and i have been stretching much less frequently. i hit every muscle group when i stretch, but spend some extra time on areas that feel tight when i stretch them. from what you are saying it sounds like there is a possibility you could be overdoing it on stretching, but i really don't know. stretching to pain is not good. going slow is good, breathing is good. listening to your body is good. i never realized that stretching took so much work, but when i got injured and stretched so much during the day, i saw that it really does. if things feel tight, stretch. i don't know that flexibility for the sake of super-flexibility is that great. i stretch so that i don't have pain from tightness, and have progressed to more flexibility. but it is possible to be overly flexible and then hurt oneself. i personally find myself getting more flexible because i feel "tight" so i stretch to where things don't feel "tight" anymore...and day by day, i have to stretch further to not feel "tight" as i get more flexible. it is interesting. i don't push myself just to reach a flexibility goal--that does not seem safe to me, and i am all about avoiding injury. i just stretch to where i feel "better" and not tight. hope that makes sense. [/QUOTE]
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