Stretch Workout To Get Stronger And Recover Faster
You will be able to recover more quickly and become stronger with a good stretch workout. If you stretch before your workout will not prevent injury, it will make you more prone to getting injured instead.
A study was conducted at the University of Hawaii – Manoa in which 1543 individuals participated in the annual Honolulu Marathon. Results of this study revealed that stretching prior to a workout increased chances of sustaining injury. In this study, the runners that stretched prior to running had a 33% higher risk of injury compared to the runners that didn’t stretch.
Stretching your muscles causes them to loosen and it removes tension on the joints, it also puts your muscle into a relaxed and resting state. Exercising when your muscles are in this ‘stretched out’ state can lead to greater injuries. When you are exercising, your muscles need to contract to go through the motions, transitioning from a stretched out state makes it harder on your muscles.
Warm up your body by moving, not stretching before strenuous exercise, then do the stretch workout after you are done. This will help the muscles recover from the activity and help prevent soreness or stiffness. This is definitely the way to go, you will notice a difference after trying it just once. Stretching after your workout will also help increase your strength gains by 10%. This 10% strength boost is highly effective.
As mentioned previously, when you workout, your muscles contract. Your muscles will stay in contraction for the first few hours following a weight lifting session. Your muscles will not go back to their original state until they fully recover, and they will not return to their contracted length. Stretching will facilitate for this restorative process to speed up. You will get great results from this system if you lift weights or do resistance training.
Static and Dynamic are the two types of stretches, do the right kind of stretch workout. Static stretching is the best to boost muscle recovery after an intense workout and increase strength. When it comes to stretching, this is the most accessible technique. The stretch entails that you hold a stretching position for anywhere from thirty to sixty seconds in total. Deep breathing and gently relaxing into your stretch is vitally important for your success.
Filed under Uncategorized by on Dec 11th, 2010. 
