Dynamic stretches involve taking a muscle through its entire range of motion, starting with a small movement and gradually increasing both movement range and speed.
However,
dynamic stretching that involves movements that put muscles through the expected ranges of motion such as leg kicks, side lunges and arm circles, has been found to improve strength, endurance and anaerobic capacity.
Dynamic stretching involves swinging movements but should not to be confused with ballistic stretching which uses bouncing movements.
Not exact matches
The reason for this is that any weight - bearing sport or physical activity that
involves repeating of rapid
dynamic movements produces tension on the lower back, and without proper
stretching, these overused muscles become very tight and increasingly prone to injury in the long run.
Effect of warm - ups
involving static or
dynamic stretching on agility, sprinting, and jumping performance in trained individuals.
DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR
DYNAMIC CONTRACTION TECHNIQUE — have you ever tried to get the perfect hamstring or calve
stretch only to find yourself
involving many more muscles in the process?
Subjects performed the
dynamic stretches... for 30 seconds at a rate of approximately 1
stretch cycle per second... The
dynamic stretches used
involve the Quadriceps femoris (quadriceps); Lateral lunge (adductors); Hip extensors (gluteals); Hamstrings (hamstrings); and Plantar flexors (gastrocnemius) described in Yamaguchi and Ishii.
Dynamic stretching, though,
involves, as the name implies, movement.
Dynamic stretching, for example, is great for warming up and assisting athletes
involved in sports that require fast ballistic type movements.