[riccifabio95]

The books seems to avoid the topic of stretching, i would like to improve my flexibility, will came handy in climbing.

What do you think about stretching or yoga, are they helpful to prevent injuries, should i do before or after the hard exercises, they could count as recovery or the hr is too low ?
And most of all which one should i do if they are helpful.

for example finger stretching maybe could be helpful for injuries but very poorly for mobility, should i do that ?

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[Mariner_9]

Mariner_9 on September 8, 2021 at 11:41 am #56864

“What do you think about stretching or yoga, are they helpful to prevent injuries, should i do before or after the hard exercises, they could count as recovery or the hr is too low ?”

I do about 30mins of stretching ~5x per week. I find it very helpful (for hiking, scrambling and splitboarding). Back when I was climbing, I also stretched, usually as a warm-up for training.

I record the workouts but obviously the TSS is very low. To the extent that stretching promotes blood flow, my guess is it will some beneficial effect on recovery.