Stadion's Sports and Martial Arts Training Discussion

teotjunk, Kurz's isometric methods generally employ contract relax (CR) PNF, where the stretched muscle (the antagonist) is tensed, relaxed then tensed again. Except that you said the agonist is tensed first, you describe contract relax agonist contract (CRAC) PNF, which takes the sequence one step...

Other than stretching scientifically, the is the other resource that I have read

http://www.cmcrossroads.com/bradapp/doc ... tretching/



teotjunk

What is considered basic PNF technique ?



teotjunk

For the last few years I have read that static stretching is best done when muscles are warm, after a workout. But recently I have been reading that it is best done when muscles are cold Here is a link to some articles http://www.hotbodytraining.com/the-low-down-on-static-stretching/ http://www.stre...

I am trying tor read up on PNF Stretching and I read that it involves involves performing two isometric contractions: first of the agonists, then, of the antagonist.

I am not sure what it means by isometric contraction of agnoists and antagonists muscles



teotjunk

I have another question. Even if I do one stretch per major muscle group and assuming 45 seconds per stretch, I can't complete all stretching of major muscle groups in 10 minutes. I understand that for different sports you put different emphasis on which muscles to stretch but is it possible to come...

In the book scientific stretching, it is stated that we should pick only one isometric stretch per muscle group. In the section on isometric stretching, he listed two different exercises for the neck, two different exercises for the forearm and three different exercises for the arms, shoulder and ch...