Not exact matches
Before you run or work out, a thorough
Dynamic Stretching Program is useful to warm up the body and increase your hip flexibility to mimic the
needs of your sport.
Many fitness experts suggest you
need to do a pulse raiser, mobility exercises, foam rolling,
dynamic stretches, movement prep, corrective exercises, muscle activation exercises and so on before you start exercising.
In general, be
dynamic with your activities outside of your training,
stretch when you
need to, and focus on correcting muscular imbalances using simple stability exercises.
This means that you can still get your flexibility fix before a run without compromising performance — you just
need to use
dynamic stretches instead of static ones.
So if we're going to advocate
dynamic stretching (which, in general, I do), then we
need to put it through the same tests we applied to static
stretching.
I agree that there's lots of research that
needs to be done — for example, there have been several interesting recent studies looking at the effects of
dynamic warm - up activities as opposed to traditional static
stretches, but more is
needed to identify what works best for different activities and what the mechanisms are.
Although there are 6 types of flexibility training used by sports coaches to develop specific goals, most people really only
need to know about
dynamic, static passive and isometric
stretching and which one to use in the warm up and cool down phase of a workout.
If you
need something a little more advance, try some
dynamic stretching as shown in the video below.
The S5 even has a button right on the steering wheel that can be remapped to toggle between the Drive Select modes without taking a hand from the wheel, which is great for when you stumble upon a sweet
stretch of road and
need to quickly hop into the
Dynamic setting for a few curves.