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Sunday, March 15, 2009

Dynamic Stretching for Runners

A few weeks ago, I walked by a group of about 20 runners who were part of one of the Running Room running clinics.  I was astonished to see these runners doing static stretching before their run on a bone chilling -10 degree morning!

How on earth can people be condoning this type of nonsense.  And amazingly, pre-game or pre-workout static stretching is even apparent in some professional sports teams that I've seen warm-up.

Now whether you're a runner, athlete, or just into working out, you need to understand that static stretching is DANGEROUS to do before your run, game, or training session.  That's the reason I developed Stretching for Runners.  If you haven't gotten your hands on this program yet, I would highly recommend that you do so so that you can understand how to properly warm-up and dynamic stretch before your activity and cool down and static stretch afterwards.

In the meantime, here are 3 dynamic stretches that you can do before your runs.



YURI