tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900197.post8894325826349742246..comments2023-10-15T05:20:00.675-06:00Comments on Entropy Production: Why Stretching Is Bad For YouRobert McLeodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05270962906437456350noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900197.post-84966162642177488222013-01-03T15:01:42.487-07:002013-01-03T15:01:42.487-07:00Good to see you back on the scene.I train for the ...Good to see you back on the scene.I train for the Ironman when I'm not working at DMESupplygroup. I am training for my second this November. Because I run and bike so much my hammies are always super tight. I hate stretching. Great post thanks a lot. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508514922351598205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900197.post-77941742680830808912012-12-30T12:07:00.391-07:002012-12-30T12:07:00.391-07:00Poliquins' comment on the lack of correlation ...Poliquins' comment on the lack of correlation between static and dynamic flexibility is interesting. It makes a certain amount of sense give the various tissues and organelles that determine flexibility, but I'd like to see the citation.Robert McLeodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05270962906437456350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900197.post-56535868971520947642012-12-30T12:00:55.722-07:002012-12-30T12:00:55.722-07:00The Adam Curtis blog is interesting, although he g...The Adam Curtis blog is interesting, although he goes off on far too many tangents that aren't germane to the discussion. I'm definitely not one of the conceited practitioners of yoga who claims it's 5000 years old and hence an immutable, perfect science. Yoga has a habit of ripping off the bandaid that covers spiritual practices and showing the whole world what the reality is (see the John Friend scandal this year). Bikram is an excellent example of that. <br /><br />The asana (poses) part of the practice is quite recent, at least in the form of the Ashtanga and Iyeneger styles and their derivatives. There are, older, much simpler asana sets. If Krishnamacharya did something wrong, it was to falsify the lineage. Yoga's a science, and an incomplete one. <br /><br />I see all sorts of mixing in physical culture as it evolves as a science, so I don't think there's anything wrong with yoga appropriating concepts from the outside world. For example, a lot of Russian gymnastic practices that Pavel Tsatsouline popularized were all borrowed from Eastern physical culture, including yoga. <br /><br />I've had hamstring issues too, mostly from too much bicycling and not enough walking/running which lead to overly strong quads and overly weak hammies. I don't really have a problem with facilitated stretching (i.e. Pavel's 'forced relaxation'). It's when people go to the edge of their flexibility and then start pulling on the muscle that causes problems. <br /><br />Robert McLeodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05270962906437456350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900197.post-21981484292793682992012-12-29T10:30:55.311-07:002012-12-29T10:30:55.311-07:00Now watched the video and his followup video. This...Now watched the video and his followup video. This is good material. Like his attitude. I'll want to use this. ThanksVVillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02460593942095898334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900197.post-65208430486440249702012-12-29T09:35:51.577-07:002012-12-29T09:35:51.577-07:001) coach Poliquins (no idiot) take on it:
https://...1) coach Poliquins (no idiot) take on it:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odj5Xianyks<br /><br />2) according to Adam Curtis, Yoga is just recycled European exercises from the era of physical culture http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/posts/bodybuilding_and_nation-buildi<br /><br />[warning: Adam Curtis posts are really long, but worth it]<br /><br />personal experience:<br />3) pnf stretching? My hams are chronic tight and that's all that seems to help.<br />4) I've had bad form, ie. squat, and the only solution was to stretch out over-tight muscles that kept me from proper form. I'm asking for injuries otherwise.<br /><br />Glad to see you back blogging! <br />Physics and latest fitness info - excellent combo!VVillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02460593942095898334noreply@blogger.com