2006-07-09 02:09:29 · 8 answers · asked by anthony r 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Warm up the muscles, so you don't end up pulling one and being unable to use it for 6/8 weeks!!!! :D
2006-07-09 02:13:17 · answer #1 · answered by Forlorn Hope 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before a workout (after mobility and pulse raising) to help prepare the body for the exercise you are about to do. Some people thing stretching before working out isn't necessary (just the warm up mobility and pulse raising) but i think it's worth having a short all over stretch if you have been sitting still most of the day.
After working out and warming down, stretching returns the muscle to its normal length as they have been shortened by the exercise. It also increases the range of movement that your muscle is effective through. Never stretch cold muscles! Ineffective at best, damaging at worst.
2006-07-09 09:24:54 · answer #2 · answered by charleymac 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thru stretching we stimulate our joints to release synovial fliud--(its a lubricant to your joints) just imagine your joints frictioning without lubricant its a real turtore, you may not experience it for now but in the future (when the protectant of your joints worn out) you may. Synovial fluid will release only when you move or stretch.
2006-07-09 10:00:16 · answer #3 · answered by aero_coolz@yahoo.com 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so that you dont pull or strain a muscle when you stretch you loosen up the muscle
2006-07-09 09:13:51 · answer #4 · answered by tigerman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well it feels good it keeps body in a good position and shape after being mangled in a chair or bed
2006-07-13 05:59:58 · answer #5 · answered by Chesh » 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To rehearse your body for movement and to warn the system.
2006-07-09 09:15:11 · answer #6 · answered by brogdenuk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it feels soooooooo good!
2006-07-09 09:13:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just to relax our muscles
2006-07-09 09:12:26 · answer #8 · answered by Ozone3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋