is there such thing as over-stretching?

[WanderingMonk]

Hi,

Thanks to all who replied. Now, I want to ask a deeper question.

Traditional CMA use to teach it is better to add more tendons than to add more muscles.

So, when you are stretching, you are stretching your muscles. and when you stretch tendons, you could damage it.

How do you growth more tendons? Is their exercise which will faciliate tendon growth?
Do tendon has its own repair mechanism which can be exploited to make it grow bigger and strongger.

wm

[WanderingMonk]

>>lifting water, three pillars ect. with or without weights.

Could you elaborate on what you mean by lifting water? Do you mean lifting in a swimming pool?

I am not familiar with the three pillars ect. Could you clue me in on it?

thanks.

wm

[Kumkuat]

I heard 3 methods. I dunno if these work though. 1. High rep training. 2. ballistic training. 3. Isometric training.

[Ford Prefect]

Yes, stretching tendons will damage them. They don't repair themselves well at all.

[WanderingMonk]

Tony M and Kumkuat,

thanks.

wm

[IronFist]

Those of you who remember my story where I fell off the trampoline, that stretched the tendons on the top of my right foot and my flexibility in my toes is less in that foot than in my left foot. Hopefully over the weeks it will get back to normal, though.

IronFist