Do not Do Stretching Before Exercise

Stretching is a mandatory routine that many many people do. In fact, this technique is actually a misnomer. Fitness experts now believe stretching before exercise is not only ineffective, but also can cause injury. Stretching is a mild, such as turning the waist or touching your toes, it can actually cause muscles to tighten. And we need to exercise is a relaxed muscle.

Experts call such stretches like rubber to lengthen the maximum. As a result, the muscles actually interested. if we do the stretching before exercise, the body would think it would pose a risk of excessive traction. As a result, the body will compensate by shortening and becoming more tense. This means we just can not move so flexibly in more prone to injury.

Stretching doesn't help flexibility, but when it is done not for sport, for example, in the afternoon or after exercise. "So far we do static stretching at the wrong time," said Kieran O'Sullivan, an expert in sports from the University of Limerick, Ireland, who has conducted research on various types of stretching and its effects on athletes.

O'Sullivan theory was reinforced by several scientific studies stating static warming before exercise actually cause the body to be slow and weak. as a replacement Stretching, experts recommend to do Stretching by running relaxed during few minutes or do sometimes kicks before playing the ball, or do the service before playing tennis.


Mild warming that will help increase your heart rate and blood flow to the muscles so the body temperature warms up. In this way, we can achieve maximum movement but controlled manner.