Is stretching helpful or harmful for exercisers?

Stretching the part muscles improves muscle flexibility and intensity, continuous speed, and jumping reserve, according to a boning up from Louisiana State University (Medicine and discipline in Sports and Exercise, October 2007). Stretching elongates muscles and tendons. Longer tendons make allowance muscles to exert a greater torque on the union to use more power to help you ameliorate heavier, jump higher and run faster.
However, other studies show that you should not increase beforehand a competition involving speed and strength (Journal of Bodywork and stirring Therapies, April 2006). The longer the athletes stretched, the weaker they became. Prolonged stretching fatigues muscle fibers so that they contract with reduced vigour.
Do slow conscious stretches permanent a handful seconds to several seconds, more than rapid hard pulls on your muscles that can separate them. Stretching cold muscles can also gash them and increase risk for injury. vexed up preceding stretching or stretch after your workout, but profit that prolonged stretching before a competition can badness acting.

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