Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Stretching video

Recently came across this video on the science behind stretching:

http://www.tvo.org/TVO/WebObjects/TVO.woa?videoid?24639991001

It's quite long (45 minutes) and doesn't provide a lot of black-and-white answers, but it does have some great points to consider and is well presented, hence being a Best Lecturer finalist in 2009.

My take-aways from the lecture are:
- for cycling performance, stretch muscles that help to get into a good position on the bike (e.g. hamstrings, lumbar spine)
- for everyday health, I expect I would need to stretch my hip flexors...but until I stop racing, I'll skip that and just concentrate on holding good posture when I need to stand :)

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