Can you point me to a study that shows stretching has a statistically significant positive impact on injury rates?
I know it's the common school of thought, but the studies I've read have found it was beneficial for flexibility, ROM, and soreness but no statistically significant impact on injuries or performance (data is mixed positive and negative for performance).
Anecdotal data is useless, but I've been lifting relatively heavy for years with little to no stretching with no ill effects. I do use warm-up sets but no other warm-up/stretching techniques. However, I am definitely open to changing my routine when the data supports it.
I know it's the common school of thought, but the studies I've read have found it was beneficial for flexibility, ROM, and soreness but no statistically significant impact on injuries or performance (data is mixed positive and negative for performance).
Anecdotal data is useless, but I've been lifting relatively heavy for years with little to no stretching with no ill effects. I do use warm-up sets but no other warm-up/stretching techniques. However, I am definitely open to changing my routine when the data supports it.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1250267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15233597
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.525...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15076777