DONT STRETCH BEFORE FOOTBAGGING/WORKOUTS

sniikeri · Post by **sniikeri** » 10 Jul 2006 02:45

Tsiangkun wrote:I wonder what % of people on the injured players roster stretch regularly.

I've had a couple of injuries that have prevented me from shredding but no, I didn't really stretch back then. After that, I've been stretching: no injuries.

BalinorNZ · Post by **BalinorNZ** » 10 Jul 2006 04:47

Very interesting discussion.

*** Moved to health and injury section ***

sampotter · Post by **sampotter** » 10 Jul 2006 08:24

I'm going to give not stretching a try this week and see how I feel at the end. I'll report then. Your theory sounds like it holds water, but of course anything can sound like it holds water.

Tsiangkun · Post by **Tsiangkun** » 10 Jul 2006 09:24

Don't hurt yourself, take a long time to warm up slowly.

sampotter · Post by **sampotter** » 10 Jul 2006 11:09

That's the idea.

Oroza · Post by **Oroza** » 10 Jul 2006 14:56

Nagasake wrote:I'm going to give not stretching a try this week and see how I feel at the end. I'll report then. Your theory sounds like it holds water, but of course anything can sound like it holds water.

dude, you should stretch a little, at least at the end, prevents too many acids from building up in your muscles, thats part of what makes one feel sore later on.

Oroza · Post by **Oroza** » 10 Jul 2006 14:56

Nagasake wrote:I'm going to give not stretching a try this week and see how I feel at the end. I'll report then. Your theory sounds like it holds water, but of course anything can sound like it holds water.

dude, you should stretch a little, at least at the end, prevents too many acids from building up in your muscles, thats part of what makes one feel sore later on.

woah double post, howd that happen?

t1337dude · Post by **t1337dude** » 15 Jul 2006 02:32

I've never stretched. So woot.

sampotter · Post by **sampotter** » 15 Jul 2006 07:38

I'll try that, too, but first I'm trying not stretching at all so I have more to compare. However considering a substantial part of my footbag career has been spent either stretching a ton or stretching a small bit after shredding, I'm not sure that I need to.

Kljopa · Post by **Kljopa** » 15 Jul 2006 11:56

I cant imagine doing atomics without stretching

SandWraith · Post by **SandWraith** » 15 Jul 2006 13:54

Yeah, I can only do atomics because I do stretch. I gave them up 2 weeks after I first learned them because they hurt one of my ligaments so much. Since I started stretching that ligament before kicking, atomics have been fine.

patriotea76 · Post by **patriotea76** » 04 Aug 2006 18:28

Yeah, I don't know, but I've never streached very much within the 2.5 years I've played. I mean, the only thing I really do for streaching is stand on the outside of my shoes. But I've noticed that my FS isn't as flexible than my SS which makes it harder to do FS Clipper for me (although it isn't impossible). I'm actually thinking about doing stretches after shredding to like, wind down or something and then by the next time I shred I'll have the muscular control over the increased range of motion that I obtained with the stretching after the last shred. I don't know if that makes any sense, but I think it's a good theory and I'm willing to try it out.

sniikeri · Post by **sniikeri** » 12 Aug 2006 10:26

Read an article about stretching properly before doing sports.

1. Warm up well, about 10 minutes.

2. Stretch the main muscles you're going to use (i.e. legs and hips, if you play footbag), 10-15 seconds per stretch, repeat 1-3 times.

3. Play some footbag.

4. Stretch the main muscles again immediately after the session, 10-15 seconds per stretch, repeat 1-3 times.

5. After 30 minutes or so, stretch again. Longer stretches, from 30 second to even some minutes.