Stretching

[anerlich]

Interesting, tigerjaw, and prob. the most pertinent reply to the original Q so far.

[Sho Pi]

Brett,

I would agree with Brian and your observations about usable flexability.

I used to only do passive stretches as they were taught in grade school and high school. I was always fairly flexible. Then I started martial arts and kicking and low split stances were really week. I started researching stretching and came across Kurtz's book about it.

His stuff made the most sense and I found other work to back it up. I started to work his active recomendations, both dynamic and isometric, into my routine and my flexibilty and strength have greatly increased.

Then I got ****y and laid off for a while and thougth I could get away with the same stuff. Hurt a quad and am slowly working back into it.

But back to the question. Stretching mildly or lightly when you are sore is ok but don't overdue it. It is like any sore muscle between workouts. It is ok to mildly use it to work out the acid build up but do not over tax it again for a bit.

Sho Pi