I guess were gonna go back and forth and argue. If one has a 30 inch vertical jump and does static stretching they might only be able to jump 27 inches, however they're not necessarily going to get hurt, thats how Mike Boyle explained it. For me, a guy that wad so tight that I needed remedial stretching (as explained to me by a sports dr) static stretching wadbeneficial pretty much anytime.
Not saying they are gonna get hurt for sure. But there is a higher liklihood. But either way ... Static before bad idea.
TriathleteBenM wrote:
Dynamic before should be done to improve range of motion and improve brain/muscle communication.
Here is what I do:
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Pretty similar to my routine.
Ever mess with the lunge matrix from Jay Johnson? Gets blood pumping, muscles engaged, and legs ready for some swings. I do that in place of where you have jumping jacks.
RunningOnSole wrote:
Bro if you can't touch the ground with your palms enjoy being a hobby yogger your whole life.
Please share the source of your wisdom. I mean, evidence.
Big Mac Please wrote:
no, not really wrote:The most relevant thing is that the coach is not a runner. That makes Karma's post almost completely irrelevant.
He said "he was not a distance runner". He could be a sprinter or mid-distance.
Horizontal jumper. 10.36 100 PR.
And I do coach my kid at times and for certain things, but this guy is a genius sprint, strength and horizontal jumps coach. He coached a 16yo to 16yo to 10.18 - and vanilla white I might add.
The flexibility of an adult is no indication of whether or not flexibity is needed to be successful in running when young.
However if you want to be healthy when you're older you'll need mobility and flexibility. Almost every injury I've had as an adult has been a result of hip flexors, lats, traps, calves, and hamstrings which were tight or just overactive.
I'd say be as flexible as you want to be. In high school my team always laughed at how I was so inflexible. I was considerably better than them in races. Some of the good people I ran with though were very flexible but they also seemed to be more injury prone. Chances are they were stretching incorrectly and their stretching was a big factor in their injuries.