ST 090711 Athletic Myths

The above mentioned article in today's Straits Times (on page C20 under the Sports section) quoted one of Gino's ex colleague from the Singapore Sports Council on whether static stretching before running (or exercise) is of any benefit. Gino has actually written extensively on this topic before in both our blogs.

Have a look http://weloverunning.blogspot.com/2009/02/does-stretching-improve-performance-or.html,

http://physiosolutions.blogspot.com/2009/11/how-necessary-is-stretching.html,

http://physiosolutions.blogspot.com/2009/12/just-one-stretch-can-slow-you-down.html,

http://physiosolutions.blogspot.com/2010/02/more-on-stretching.html