Active Isolated stretching

[lgbran]

stumbled on this sight ages ago...any advice on this technique.based on the rationale that dogs and pther animals do a seris of short stretches as opposed to the long stretch holds we were taught years ago.. any advice welcome. Have just recommenced cycling after long layoff.. well overweight and traditionally don't stretch

[snedden9485]

Not sure what this form of stretching is, but i try and stretch after a ride holding stretches for about 20 seconds. I have only recently started stretching after suffering some lower back pain and the results are very good. I think it is a part of training that is often neglected, but is very important.

[Hebden]

I stretch after every ride and again at night before bed. After exercise your muscles are tight, it makes sense to stretch them out again. As long as your stretches are sensible I can't imagine it doing you any harm.

[AllDan]

I do sets of stretches rather than single long ones.

I'm not sure if that's better or not, but for the tighter muscles, I might stretch them two or three times rather than one long stretch

[Missy24]

I do sets of stretches rather than single long ones.

I'm not sure if that's better or not, but for the tighter muscles, I might stretch them two or three times rather than one long stretch

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Create a set of stretches that you want to do and then do that set 3-4 times. You should really only hold them for about 15-20 seconds each. This is for after your workout.

Its the same with a warm up... go for a short jog and then stretch holding each stretch for 12-15 seconds and do a set of 3. Before your workout.