"Negative effect of static stretching restored when combined with a sport specific warm-up component"- Taylor et al, Journal of Science & Medicine in Sport '09.
Static stretch, then negate the neural inhibition caused by the static stretch with a dynamic warmup.
Save the static stretching for the recovery/restoration phase; you'll get more out of it. I know the so called "science" behind the "stretching a cold muscle is better" movement. They are treating muscle and fascia as it is a plastic or metal, and not the living biologic tissue that is.
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Hi Joe,
Thanks for all the great information. Do you have an e-mail address I could reach you at for a personal question if you have time? Thanks!
Ryan Maloney
Ryan and others- you can contact me through Linkedin.com- i think you have to set up an account but its free-would give you my email address but there are too many spammers lurking.
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