What part of your high school routine have you changed and why did you alter or discontinue it?
What part of your high school routine have you changed and why did you alter or discontinue it?
I still snort my fettameens before my hard workouts
I've realized that stretching in general (both static and active) isn't worth the time. I just jog easy for a couple of miles before picking up the pace. And, when I do a workout or race I just jog for a couple miles do some strides and drills. I still do some strides after easy runs. Same thing for when I lift weights, I just warm up with the sets as opposed to doing a billion different exercises. My main stretches I still do today are third world squats where you just squat ATG for a couple minutes, I do this when I brush my teeth. And the only other stretch I still do is where I bring my foot on top of a table and do a kind of lunge, like what you see Eliud Kipchoge doing in the sub 2 commercials. Alan Thrall a powerlifter who has a few hundred thousand subscribers on YouTube made a video on why "warming up" and active stretching is a waste of time.
Just my 0.02
Stretching is over-rated and not necessary if one warms up properly.
Ezekiel bread wrote:
I've realized that stretching in general (both static and active) isn't worth the time. I just jog easy for a couple of miles before picking up the pace. And, when I do a workout or race I just jog for a couple miles do some strides and drills. I still do some strides after easy runs. Same thing for when I lift weights, I just warm up with the sets as opposed to doing a billion different exercises. My main stretches I still do today are third world squats where you just squat ATG for a couple minutes, I do this when I brush my teeth. And the only other stretch I still do is where I bring my foot on top of a table and do a kind of lunge, like what you see Eliud Kipchoge doing in the sub 2 commercials. Alan Thrall a powerlifter who has a few hundred thousand subscribers on YouTube made a video on why "warming up" and active stretching is a waste of time.
Just my 0.02
Agree 100%
Stretching can still help prior to track races or sprints