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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/should-you-stretch-before-or-after-a-workout/">When Should You Stretch?</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted October 16, 2007 at 09:00 AM by Shannon Clark</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">You likely already know that any good workout program should involve some stretching activity in one form or another.&nbsp; Increased flexibility has a variety of advantages, from a reduced risk of injuries to being able to move through a greater range of motion, thus improving your performance. But what is the ideal stretching protocol? This is the question that was posed by a few researchers in a recent study by the Journal of Strength Conditioning Exercise. The study’s purpose was to determine whether the timing (before or after a workout) of a series of static stretching would impact flexibility levels in the hip, knee and ankle.&nbsp; The stretching would be performed either before or after a workout and then results would be taken. The researchers gathered thirty college-aged men and women to participate and all subjects…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/should-you-stretch-before-or-after-a-workout/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/should-you-stretch-before-or-after-a-workout/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/should-you-stretch-before-or-after-a-workout/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/should-you-stretch-before-or-after-a-workout/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-fitness/">her-fitness</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/training-programs/">training-programs</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-news/">her-news</a><br /><br /> </P>