We’ve already established in another post that static stretching is not ideal as a warm-up.

Instead, performing a dynamic warm-up routine will do an excellent job to prepare your body for intense physical exercise, and to reduce the risk of injuries.

Static stretching after a workout has multiple benefits for our bodies.

Not only can stretching before a workout help us to warm up properly by getting the blood flowing to our muscles before training, it can also help our body to cool down after training as well.

We’ll be talking about static vs dynamic stretching today to figure out what they’re best suited to.

I would say that it all depends on what the goal of the stretching is. Let me explain why.