If fat burning is one of your goals you want a good warmup before hand. The pre (insert physical activity here) stretch is as important for different reasons, it warms the muscles and in important to avoid injury.
Post activity increases flexibility, once the muscles are warm. Scott A. Stewart ColdFusion Developer GNSI 11820 Parklawn Dr Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 770-9610 -----Original Message----- From: Jason Lemahieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 1:20 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: For you runners out there... Note that the post-run stretching is probably more important than before hand. I usually spend just 2 or 3 minutes stretching pre-run (mainly my calves), and then about 5 or 10 when i'm done, depending on how far I went. >Bah - that's probably more than you need. You can get by with just a few >minutes of pre-warm up and about 10 minutes of stretching post run. > >On 1/31/06, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> That regimen didn't look too bad until I realized it suggests an >> additional 35 minutes of warm up/stretching/cooldown. I'm so lazy. :-\ >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:195267 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
