[Tonkin]

Do pros like jay cutler and ronnie coleman do stretches for their muscles?
Does stretching increase the muscle capacity?

Post your comments.

[robcardu]

OF COURSE!!!!

next question plz!!

[Tonkin]

I did weights for 1 year without stretch then i tried stretching for one year and i felt build more muscle better.

[Nothin' but a peanut!!]

jays wife what i understand is into yoga jay stretches for an hour a day or soemthing i was once told
ronnie is seen doing stretches in COR after his leg day
theres a guy in my college who has NEVER stretched
he does weights
he cant do anything im serious all flexibility testing his muslces are that tight its not funny
its too scary to think to be like that
so stretch!!!

[jornT]

Originally Posted by jornT

I don't know wether is dumb to not stretch. When do you do this? I believe stretching before training that muscle is bad because the force output of the muscle will be lower. Stretching afterwards...hmm. Well alot of people seems to agree that acids aren't the reasons for doms, so stretching won't help to prevent it. Only reason to stretch after hitting a muscle is that it POSSIBLE induces hyperplasma. As far as I know (which isn't all that much really lol) there isn't any clear evidence that stretching is usefull.
I'm stretching AFTER I'm done with training that specific muscle though, as it MIGHT induce hyperplasma and there aren't any disadvantages to it ad far as I know.

from some other thread.