Hi,
I recently purchased the book "streching scientifically" and i'm having trouble fully understanding dynamic stretches.
It says you don't throw your limbs,but rather lead or lift them.If no momentum is used at all then does the action rely soley on muscular strength?
On a scale of 1-10,1 being ballistic leg swings and 10 being a slow leg raise as described in the section on building strength for static active flexibility,where do dynamic stretches come?
dynamic flexibility speed
Dragon, someone else asked the same question awhile back. Here was my reply.
I think the answer is just that you should try to lift the legs with appropriate control. They should still be done relatively fast but not so fast that you risk overstretching. That is, you should be able to immediately stop your limb at any point in the motion if you wanted to. I think unless you purposely "whip" your legs up as fast as you possibly can the risk of overstretching is minimal. So on your scale, I would use a speed that is much closer to ballistic than slow, dynamic tension leg lifts. If you try to do it too slowly, then you are almost developing more active passive flexibility than dynamic.
-Mark
I think the answer is just that you should try to lift the legs with appropriate control. They should still be done relatively fast but not so fast that you risk overstretching. That is, you should be able to immediately stop your limb at any point in the motion if you wanted to. I think unless you purposely "whip" your legs up as fast as you possibly can the risk of overstretching is minimal. So on your scale, I would use a speed that is much closer to ballistic than slow, dynamic tension leg lifts. If you try to do it too slowly, then you are almost developing more active passive flexibility than dynamic.
-Mark