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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I make fun of the tri crowd for toy usage to the extreme, but swimmers are an interesting lot also. Change is slow in our swimming world.
The studies have been out for years about stretching, yet some older swimmers still do what they did as a child.
Flexability does help prevent injury, allow you to swim faster, and make your daily life better. Proper stretches and doing it at the proper time are the key.
Streching before a competition doesn't help reduce injuries. If it did, those who don't stretch and then exert themselves would be injured in the start of a race. Injuries in competition occur in a random manner.
Well, at least that is what I was taught by some high falutin university experts many moons past. I still think it's true, but then, I am a swimmer, and live in the past.
I make fun of the tri crowd for toy usage to the extreme, but swimmers are an interesting lot also. Change is slow in our swimming world.
The studies have been out for years about stretching, yet some older swimmers still do what they did as a child.
Flexability does help prevent injury, allow you to swim faster, and make your daily life better. Proper stretches and doing it at the proper time are the key.
Streching before a competition doesn't help reduce injuries. If it did, those who don't stretch and then exert themselves would be injured in the start of a race. Injuries in competition occur in a random manner.
Well, at least that is what I was taught by some high falutin university experts many moons past. I still think it's true, but then, I am a swimmer, and live in the past.
