i meant to say that stretching followed by explosive movement decreases resistance to injury, even though it might seem paradoxical
Not paradoxical if you consider that extensive stretching will lead to muscle fatigue immediately after the stretch. Muscles help stabilize joints and fatigued muscles will not do this as well leading to over extension.
I do not disagree with that. I do think the bigger injury factor is simply not getting warmed up first. We dynamic stretch at the beginning of class and static stretch at the end of class for this reason.
we are struggling for definition here, stretching messes up your nervous system making inter muscle co ordination more difficult and thus you more at risk of injury, warming a muscle by moving it though its NORMAL range of motion and consequently filling it with fresh blood tends to stop injury, where one becomes the other is a difficult point to defineThat's why I don't do them throughly in class since they can be fatiguing.
I think most laypeople would assume a non stretched person is at greater risk of pulling a muscle than a stretched person.
we are struggling for definition here, stretching messes up your nervous system making inter muscle co ordination more difficult and thus you more at risk of injury, warming a muscle by moving it though its NORMAL range of motion and consequently filling it with fresh blood tends to stop injury, where one becomes the other is a difficult point to define
Then how/when do we improve on things like range of motion?Not sure it’s good after class either, if it's been rough.
After class you should be finished with everything that may cause hyper-extension.Not sure it’s good after class either, if it's been rough.
I'm not flexible enough to really hyperextend anyway.
1:19 says that stretching actually increases your resistance to injury prior to explosive movement. So what you need is warm-ups before, not stretching. Most MA classes do both.
I think these are the key words. Extensive stretching (not the moderate amount that most do). And immediately after. If you do extensive stretching, and then a warmup of moderate dynamic stretches or basic movements, then it gives your muscles time to recover.Not paradoxical if you consider that extensive stretching will lead to muscle fatigue immediately after the stretch. Muscles help stabilize joints and fatigued muscles will not do this as well leading to over extension.
If you do extensive stretching, and then a warmup of moderate dynamic stretches or basic movements, then it gives your muscles time to recover.
That is all a matter of degree. How Fatigued? How much time to recover from that fatigue etc.
I agree. I just think this blanket "all TKD schools are stretching wrong" attitude that I see a lot is people who took that information out of context.That is all a matter of degree. How Fatigued? How much time to recover from that fatigue etc.