Static vs Dynamic

Darren Mahony

Just wondering what kind of stretchs you incorporate into your class/training session!

When I was a young fella and coming up I never heard of dynamic stretching but now it's all the craze and static is a no no because apparently it overstrectchs the muscles and they can become elongated and loose some of their elasticity! Doesn't seem to have done me any harm. Of course now I use lots of dyanmic in my classes because everyone is all about it but the thing is I find that it just doesn't get to those hard to reach places.

I find a combination of the 2 works good. Lots of dynamic during the warmup period going into more static stuff when good and warm ( no more of the old school standing on peoples legs and hoisting their legs to the roof with their backs to the wall of course ). Also use static after a heavy session to get rid of the old lactic acid.

Interested to hear peoples opinions
Regards
Darren

themandan6611

dynamic stretching pre-workout and static stretching post-workout both for mma & weight training

yomchi

Combination of both, although dynamic and static are broad terms for different kinds stretching, one meaning without movement and the other with.

Dave Joyce

As the lads have said above BUT static stretches SHOULD NOT be held for more than 3-5secs after a warm up, if at all. However, they are a very good idea to utilise during your cool down.

Sid_Justice

what happens if you hold them for 6 seconds?

HammerHeadGym

themandan6611 wrote: »

dynamic stretching pre-workout and static stretching post-workout both for mma & weight training

and muay thai. Also, Im lead to beleive the irish rugby team train like this too.

Sid_Justice

Sid_Justice wrote: »

what happens if you hold them for 6 seconds?

Your willy will fall off. Don't learn this the hard way

Larianne

Dave Joyce wrote: »

As the lads have said above BUT static stretches SHOULD NOT be held for more than 3-5secs after a warm up, if at all. However, they are a very good idea to utilise during your cool down.

Why is this?

tallaght01

Larianne wrote: »

Why is this?

Hi Larianne.

Is the current evidence still saying that stretching/warming up doesn't affect the amount of injuries?

I know there was a bit meta analysis a couple of years back that found no benefit for anything other than the warm down.

But I figure you'd be the person to know if there's been anything else in the literature since.

Hope you're well

Dave Joyce

Why is this?

Personally I don't like doing ANY static stretching just after warming up and use dynamic stretches but in simple terms, static stretching gets the body ready to cool down and the body relaxes rather than preparing it for vigarious activity/training.