I do several stretches pointed out as no-nos in that article. I have a little routine that I always do, much of which I borrowed from Janet Evans' book. But after reading that I'm thinking I might just quit stretching altogether.
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Do we really need stretching exercises at all? Why not just a good swimming warmup?
Yes.
Is there such a thing as a nice gentle *** stroke kick?
I instituted my current 6 minutes of daily stretching after mildly pulling my groin doing the *** stroke leg of an IM set several times. It, of course, took several times before I thought I might prevent some pain with a little stretching.
For your general health, you probably need to do stretching just to maintain your flexibility. You should be able to pick things up off the floor without fear, and swimming is not going to maintain that kind of flexibility.
Do we really need stretching exercises at all? Why not just a good swimming warmup?
Yes.
Is there such a thing as a nice gentle *** stroke kick?
I instituted my current 6 minutes of daily stretching after mildly pulling my groin doing the *** stroke leg of an IM set several times. It, of course, took several times before I thought I might prevent some pain with a little stretching.
For your general health, you probably need to do stretching just to maintain your flexibility. You should be able to pick things up off the floor without fear, and swimming is not going to maintain that kind of flexibility.
