For your consideration: dynamic stretching

[Fiddleman 4,376]

Found this information on full body dynamic stretching yesterday and want to share it with the fitness group:

lunch. For a computer worker like myself, I think these dynamic stretches will make a noticeable difference in gaining more mobility and flexibility in hip and shoulder regions as well as being able to perform better during the daily workout and prevent injury.

Let me know what you think!

[DLCoggin 1,788]

Good video. I recently purchased "Stretching" by Bob Anderson, 30th Anniversary Edition. Reviews on Amazon were very good and I decided to give it a look. According the first page of the book, it is one of the most popular fitness books of all time with 3.5 million copies sold worldwide and published in 23 languages.

I've only just started a daily stretching routine but have to say that I am most impressed with this book so far. The stretches are explained very well and the accompanying graphics are excellent. There are more than 150 stretches in the book for stretching virtually all muscle groups. The author stresses the importance of stretching properly (never bouncing and never to the point of painful) and of being aware of the muscle(s) you are stretching and how it feels. The book is organized with stretches for each area of the body e.g. back, shoulders, legs, hips, etc. and is fully indexed.

Note that the main focus of the book is static stretching as opposed to dynamic stretching. Static stretching is geared more to ordinary folks with dynamic stretching more appropriate for athletes.

Highly recommended!

Edited February 11, 2014 by DLCoggin

[Fiddleman 4,376]

Thank you for your wonderful comments and book recommendation. Static stretching still has a place and for me and I am going to make that as part of post workout. We shall see what kind of differences this realization makes.

Edited February 10, 2014 by Fiddleman

[gmanbat 5,889]

Good one, Fiddleman, especially for me. Flexibility is a major issue at my age, joints are more of a problem than muscles at this point. I will give this a shot. Thanks!

[2Big2Skate 328]

Ive coached all ages of youth hockey, from 8 year olds to high school seniors. One year, with a higher tier club, we had mandatory off ice conditioning once a week at one of these elite performance centers. They swore by dynamic warm-ups and went so far as to prescribe and teach a team wide warmup for practice and game days. Too many kids just do the 'lay on the ice and make snow angels' stretching. Needless to say, we'd warm them up, stretch them, and send them to the locker room with a little sweat to put their pads on. That season we had zero long term muscle or joint injuries. I fully believe in dynamic stretching. But the corollary is you gotta be warm! Don't go in cold. At the gym you can do most of it right on the treadmill.

[wcn1970 239]

I need better stretching for sure. I am terrible. Going to need to invest in one of those books so I can be better at it.

[Euroyen99 37]

Thanks for the video. The dynamic stretches are the same ones my Trainer has me do before we work out. It was nice to see that they are recommended by others. So far I haven't had any injuries so they seem to be working.