Runners! Stretching doesn’t really help!
Runners! Stretching doesn’t really help!:
I’ve been saying this for a long time now. I’ve read about stretching actually not providing any benefit before and it seems in line with my personal experiences as well. I don’t stretch before running except for very rare occasions and my legs are just fine. I do a few minutes of walking before I start and after I’m finished running, but that’s about it.
I do stretch before I play soccer though and 90% of the time when my legs are sore after physical activity, it’s from soccer. To be fair, soccer is a lot different. There’s a lot of full speed sprinting and variable speed running with standing and walking mixed in the middle all over the place. But the fact still is, the activity I stretch before tends to be the one producing any soreness I may have. I don’t know why I stretch before it when I don’t for anything else though. Maybe it’s time to stop.
