On Jun 23, 2004, at 5:17 PM, Christopher Short wrote:
> hmmm...strectch after the ride, rather than before.
We bought some exercise equipment a year ago, and it came with a free 2
hour session with a personal trainer. She told us that we should
stretch after we exercise, not before.
She explained it to me, and it almost made sense, but not really. I
think she said stetching cold muscles causes problems with the
soft-tissue or something, maybe causes small tears, can't remember
exactly, but something to that effect.
Is this something that has been discovered recently? I remember in
P.E. class in school we would always start by stretching... and if I
played tennis without stretching first I would usually feel it in my
legs pretty quickly, but I'd be find if I stretched first.
I wish I understood this stretching thing.
Jim
