Id like to know the everyone’s opinion on stretching between sets when doing strength training.

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Tanya 0 July 23, 2014 0 Comments

I tend to think it’s counterproductive as you are lengthening and thus weakening the muscles before you add more weight and that could lead to injury. Thoughts, comments……

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I agree with Paul but while we are talking about stretching why not include some foam rolling before and after your exercise session….it’s awesome!

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Hello Tanya Sutton,
We only do dynamic or 5-10 second static stretches to take care of an issue as Troy Knudson explains. Otherwise, we save stretching for last.
Take care,
Natalie aka NAPS 2 B Fit.

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Personally I don’t stretch between sets
There’s a lot of new information out about the benefits? of stretching

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Hi Tanya,

I’m not big fun of static stretching before exercising and personally I don’t do any between my exercises either. As for my clients I leave it up to them.

Best,
Harris

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Hi Tanya,
If you’re stretching (statically) a muscle group that you won’t be strength training anytime soon, then fine. If you’re doing dynamic stretches, then that’s a different story – you’re ok. You just don’t want to perform static (holding a stretch) stretching prior to a strength training exercise for that same muscle group – that has been shown to be counter-productive. I would save stretching for the end of the workout as part of a cooldown & use the time in between to include additional strength exercises – perfect time for core exercises!

Paul Thomas
www.homeworkoutguy.com

Id like to know the everyone’s opinion on stretching between sets when doing strength training.

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