When Will You See Results? Plus, Answers to More of Your Top Fitness Questions. Over the next 10 days we will be giving you the Top 10 fitness questions of all time By *Steve Edwards. Check back everyday to catch them all! #8 - Why do I need to stretch? This one is a little more controversial than yoga, which is mainly because stretching has a lot of variations and some seem to offer little benefit. In a holistic sense, however, stretching has similar benefits of yoga if youre following some type of exercise program. Most exercise causes the muscles to contract over and over. After exercise, stretching elongates muscle fibers, essentially resetting the muscle so that its supple and ready for further bouts of contraction. This is not disputed. The only controversy about stretching is how much you need to stay healthy, which becomes a sub-category as diverse as how to best exercise or eat. The bottom line, and all you need to know at this stage, is that some stretching after exercise will help you recover faster and lessen the likelihood of getting injured. *Steve Edwards is a nationally recognized fitness expert, and oversees Beachbodys fitness and diet program development. source: HealthAndFitnessGoal
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 01:05:00 +0000
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