Straits Times Article on Athletic Myths ST 090711

Myth No. 1 in today's article in the Straits Times under the Sports section on page C20 looks at whether static stretching before exercise is ideal for your pre-race (exercise) warm-up.

We've written on this many times before in both our clinics' 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