Read: “Stretching Is Overrated”

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I’m quoted in this nice piece in The Atlantic: “Stretching Is Overrated.” Despite its sensationalist title, it’s about pre-exercise static stretching being overrated, not stretching in general (although we could have that argument, too). As I told Ian, there’s certainly such a thing as too much flexibility; at some point stretching can become gratuitous. For my usual population of endurance athletes and others who either sit at desks or engage in repetitive movements, too much flexibility is rarely the problem.

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