How to Prepare Your Muscles for Athletic Performance
Dynamic Stretching
Dynamic stretching consists of functional based exercises which use sport specific movements to prepare the body for movement.
Dynamic flexibility has been used successfully by trainers and coaches to increase flexibility and possibly lower the incidence of injury.
The main benefit of using dynamic stretching just before a sporting event or fitness routine is that, because dynamic stretches use motions similar to those that an athlete under takes, they effectively simulate a performance experience. For example, doing kicking stretches before soccer or a similar sport will effectively warm up the limbs and body to anticipate specific challenges. The same applies to upper body motions such as circular arm stretching. …show more content…
The major benefit is a concentrated focus on increasing flexibility and range of motion in the joints. This can also be achieved with dynamic stretching, but not to the same degree and potential. As far as flexibility goes, dynamic stretching is like a utility knife, whereas static stretching is a surgical blade: the static stretches are just more specialized for increasing flexibility.
So the question is ‘when do you perform static stretching?’ The best times are just after your workout, when you're all warmed up and ready to relax, or any time when you're not going to exercise.
I encourage you to incorporate this type of stretch into your routine. Flexible and limber muscles are less prone to injury and improve athletic performance.
If you play a competitive and intense sport like football or basketball, this is especially true. Many times while playing these sports, I have had people push, bump, step on, and contort my body in several places and to a degree that if my muscles and tendons were not conditioned to be that flexible, I would have been more injured for
Dynamic Stretching
Dynamic stretching consists of functional based exercises which use sport specific movements to prepare the body for movement.
Dynamic flexibility has been used successfully by trainers and coaches to increase flexibility and possibly lower the incidence of injury.
The main benefit of using dynamic stretching just before a sporting event or fitness routine is that, because dynamic stretches use motions similar to those that an athlete under takes, they effectively simulate a performance experience. For example, doing kicking stretches before soccer or a similar sport will effectively warm up the limbs and body to anticipate specific challenges. The same applies to upper body motions such as circular arm stretching. …show more content…
The major benefit is a concentrated focus on increasing flexibility and range of motion in the joints. This can also be achieved with dynamic stretching, but not to the same degree and potential. As far as flexibility goes, dynamic stretching is like a utility knife, whereas static stretching is a surgical blade: the static stretches are just more specialized for increasing flexibility.
So the question is ‘when do you perform static stretching?’ The best times are just after your workout, when you're all warmed up and ready to relax, or any time when you're not going to exercise.
I encourage you to incorporate this type of stretch into your routine. Flexible and limber muscles are less prone to injury and improve athletic performance.
If you play a competitive and intense sport like football or basketball, this is especially true. Many times while playing these sports, I have had people push, bump, step on, and contort my body in several places and to a degree that if my muscles and tendons were not conditioned to be that flexible, I would have been more injured for