Ballet stretching

 Depends on your definition of stretching. To me any kind of movement that takes you to end range is a form of 'stretching.' So a deep squat for instance is a Ballet Stretching.

If you work with full ranges of motion and seek to develop skill through as full a range of motion as you can tolerate successfully, then you are already 'stretching.'

As we age we stop producing as much elastin, a protein that makes tissues more elastic, so taking the body to end ranges stimulates the body to produce more elastin and thus prevent more brittle tissues from laying down. That can be done in a variety of ways, only one of which is static passive stretching.

If you train through partial ranges like I see many people at the gym doing, then eventually your muscle creates stiffness around that range of motion. So people who do lots of pushups and pullups but never go to end range will often display more stiffness at the elbow (or present with an inability to 'lock out') after an extended period of time. Meaning years...

People get stiff because they lack amplitude somewhere. If you've lacked amplitude somewhere for a long period of time then deliberate static stretching may be advisable but in many cases so is created stability somewhere else. In many cases they lack stability somewhere to create a movement, so it appears as inflexibility. That can be deceiving.

Static stretching just makes you more 'flexible' but that flexibility may or may not actually be needed. Few people need to be able to do the splits in every day life but many basic movements require good mobility like sitting on a toilet or reaching for something high above you.

There are many kinds of stretching and I typically place an emphasis on active or dynamic methods more so than the more common passive static stretching. The only need for passive static stretching is when there is an obvious need to create length somewhere. Passive static stretching is also best done long after a training session has been completed so that the muscle has time to return to it's resting length.

I'd say if you learn how to train properly then you could get away without any static stretching post-workout, indefinitely. And then use it only sparingly where you desire more flexibility in a certain area. Warm up with regular movement and use mobility training on off days to push you into higher amounts of amplitude.

In fact I have several clients who currently do zero static stretching post-workout and the ones who do, only do so because I know they won't do it later and over a lifetime lacking amplitude they have become stiff enough to impact basic ranges of movement.

 

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