NOT stretching after running is NOT working for me! 10000th post in "exercise!" yay!!
Totally silly I know, but I LOVE round numbers. Was about to click on the exercise section to make this thread, then I realized that the total number of threads is 9,999. So I thought "great! Mine's gonna be the 10000th!".
Well back to my issue now. I started running a little over a month ago. I'm doing a program to run a 10k. I'm using the yellow app.
I read a piece about 2 years ago about the benefits of not stretching after runs and therefore I make the choice not to stretch after my runs.
The runs are getting more and more intense and I notice that these days I'm becoming increasingly kind of knotty. Throughout the day and night, I feel like stretching because of that feeling.
Of course the article wasn't totally against stretching. I thought it would be okay for me too but I had to realize that the thing is simply not for me.
I loved how I felt relaxed and light after stretching. I miss that feeling and now miscellaneous uneasiness throughout my body have convinced me that I have to.
Does not stretching work for some people? Is it that I have to allow sometime to get used to it or am I doing something the wrong way?
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