Hello, I have been taking taekwondo classes 5-6 times a week and have been following Thomas Kurz's Stretching Scientifically but lately I don't know if I am doing it correctly and I am lost. This is what I do daily recently, usually I do isometric stretching before class but i stopped for a week now and need some guidance on the stretching part.
Monday
AM: Dynamic Stretching
6:00 PM: Jogg for about 1.5 miles and do abs workout
7:25 PM: TKD Class
Tuesday
AM: Dynamic Stretching
6:00 PM: Jogg for about 1.5 miles and do abs workout
6:45 PM: TKD Sparring Class
Wednesday
AM: Dynamic Stretching
6:00 PM: Jogg for about 3 miles on track no abs workout
7:25 PM: TKD Class
Thursday
AM: Dynamic Stretching
6:00 PM: Jogg for about 1.5 miles and do abs workout
7:25 PM: Demo Team (No conditioning but mostly technique to perform for show, basically a light easy class)
Friday
AM: Dynamic Stretching
6:00 PM: Jogg for about 1.5 miles and do abs workout
7:25 PM: TKD Class
I am 16 years old and kinda above average fit but I am very close to sidesplit but I am struck at like 4-6 inches away from it and now I am looking for help on what and when to do for the isometric stretching and relax stretching. Also, should I do isometric stretching on Saturday because sometime I train at the dojang early around 1:00-5:00 PM. Thank you very much.
Help with routine
Re: Help with routine
Don't do isometric stretches before a workout. Also, I recall in Stretching Scientifically a statement that persons under a certain age or who are not fully developed should not perform isometric stretching. Find that text in SS and ask yourself whether the admonition applies to you.
Stretching Scientifically doesn't tell you how to work out efficiently. There are articles posted on this site, however, that do. You should read each and every one of those articles and do so more than once. They contain an abudance of information, so much so that you will not absorb it all on the first or second read. Go to the main page and click on "columns." Of particular relevance are articles 17-19 and 29, but don't just read those articles. Read ALL of the articles. If you do not understand part of an article, post your question in the forum.
Finally, and I cannot stress this enough, post your workouts in the Exercise Routines section of the forum. In your posts, be specific (see my posts). Kurz will read your posts and, as needed, provide advice. Posting your workouts is important because it allows Kurz and everyone else to see what you've been doing. If a problem arises, that knowledge will assist Kurz and others in understanding the problem and providing advice.
Good luck.
CSta
Stretching Scientifically doesn't tell you how to work out efficiently. There are articles posted on this site, however, that do. You should read each and every one of those articles and do so more than once. They contain an abudance of information, so much so that you will not absorb it all on the first or second read. Go to the main page and click on "columns." Of particular relevance are articles 17-19 and 29, but don't just read those articles. Read ALL of the articles. If you do not understand part of an article, post your question in the forum.
Finally, and I cannot stress this enough, post your workouts in the Exercise Routines section of the forum. In your posts, be specific (see my posts). Kurz will read your posts and, as needed, provide advice. Posting your workouts is important because it allows Kurz and everyone else to see what you've been doing. If a problem arises, that knowledge will assist Kurz and others in understanding the problem and providing advice.
Good luck.
CSta