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		rue on Oct 22, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Push Past the Pain, as the Champions Do The theory is that stretching after exercise worsens the muscular microdamage beyond what can be repaired during the normal recovery cycle.

olaf on Oct 25, 2010 [–]

Whose theory is that? My source of information (book "Ernaehrung und Training" by Dr. W. Feil and Dr. T. Wessinghage [european champion over 5000m in 1982]) clearly states, that "stretching [immediately after sport] is the gate of regeneration".

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