Stretching vs. Warming Up

Hae Min on 5 November 2008 | 27670 Comments | Tags: Stretching, Warm Up, Sports, Research, Sports Injuries, Dr. Xie Pe Qi, Bagua

When first introduced to Dr. Xie Pe Qi, the lineage holder for Yin-Style Bagua Zhang, I was repeatedly warned not to stretch in front of him. Having been a dancer and a student of Northern Style Long Fist, this surprised me; I was used to doing an hour of stretching before every class. Before Dr. Xie began the Bagua Zhang seminar, he invariably caught someone stretching and went into a long tirade in Mandarin about how it was useless, makes you tired, and weakens your muscles. If he were still alive, Dr. Xie would be pleased to know that science has corroborated his opinion about stretching before engaging in sports or physical exercise.

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