Minimum stretch hold time?
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stanmann571 wrote: »As long as it takes for your body to settle fully into the stretch.
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No bouncing.
It might be 15 seconds or 60 until your muscles fully relax and you achieve full extension.. Don't be a clock watcher and don't rush it. but once you've reached full relaxed extension and stretch. One full breath or 2 heartbeats is plenty.
This. If I don't keep my hip flexors flexible, my SI joints act up. After every workout, I do 4-5 dynamic stretches then hold the last one at full stretch.1 -
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boomerising wrote: »A lot of the stretches that seem to help me are ones involving holding on to a bar, of which I don’t have the equivalent indoors.0
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puttputt24 wrote: »Over 60 = minimum 60 sec
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This. If I don't keep my hip flexors flexible, my SI joints act up. After every workout, I do 4-5 dynamic stretches then hold the last one at full stretch.
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seriously, why. because i only hold stretch for a few seconds and i feel great. what are the benefits of holding the stretch for 30 seconds or 60 seconds. And i never hold a stretch static, i'm always moving and stretching the muscles different directions.
It appears you don't understand the word static.0
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