Warm Up, Don't Static Stretch

There is a well known athletic trainer named Mike Boyle who once said “if I wanted to train my athletes to be statues, I’d have them do static stretches.” More evidence that athletes should not perform static stretches before activity. Athletes who warmed up by performing static stretches developed less leg power than those who warmed up with dynamic stretches – read about it here: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/122341.php