Static stretching has a bad reputation these days. That’s why we went to the literature to see what is being said about it recently. A study by Oliviera et al. (2011) examined the effects of active static stretching on maximal isometric force (MVC) and rate of force development (RFD) over time intervals of 0-30, 0-50,(…)
We’ve all heard that stretching is good. Turki et al. (2011) set out to show dynamic stretching plays a role in vertical jump force. They divided their subjects into several groups- dynamic stretching with concentric warm up, dynamic stretching with isometric warm up, dynamic stretching with plyometric warm up, dynamic stretching with eccentric warm up,(…)