That being said, this whole idea of “stretching is good” – an idea we were taught in elementary school and has now self-perpetuated to the exercise groups we attend in adulthood – is definitely misleading. Stretching is good in some situations and stretching has no impact in other situations; I will deal with these scenarios in a future article. This article will deal with a third situation: how stretching has a detrimental impact on us.
How can stretching be bad you ask? Well, there are a few reason, but since this is on a running series website, I’m going to stick to this: static stretching makes you slower.
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