New Season, Same Old Injury Story

[denverYooper]

The science behind it is sound. Stretching ahead of time puts muscles in a strained state. You want them warm and limber, not stressed and strained. The best kind of warmup is one that simulates how you'll use the muscles.

You hit it right on the head -- the confusion is between static stretching (like reaching for your toes, etc) and warming up. I know quite a few pro endurance athletes and no one really does static stretching before racing anymore, at least not before getting warmed up first. Warming up is still important, so it's not like you just race cold. You just don't do the ballistic stretches as your warmup. If you're running, you might do some varied tempo runs, high knees, short sprints (like 5-10s) etc.

You gain flexibility by doing the static stretching after a race/workout. That's when your muscles are the most receptive.

[mraynrand]

You hit it right on the head -- the confusion is between static stretching (like reaching for your toes, etc) and warming up. I know quite a few pro endurance athletes and no one really does static stretching before racing anymore, at least not before getting warmed up first. Warming up is still important, so it's not like you just race cold. You just don't do the ballistic stretches as your warmup. If you're running, you might do some varied tempo runs, high knees, short sprints (like 5-10s) etc.

You gain flexibility by doing the static stretching after a race/workout. That's when your muscles are the most receptive.

In winter, I warm up on a stationary bike for five minutes inside before a run. Stretch after getting fully warmed up (sometimes not until 4-6 miles) or after finishing a run. Stretching cold is asking for it.

[Fritz]

I have no idea what thread to put this story in so this will do.

I saw Eddie Lacy at a bachelor party this weekend. He was at this terrible strip club in the Walker's Point neighborhood drinking coca cola and enjoying some titties. He wasn't throwing money around like you might expect but instead was just kind of wandering around in a full Packers sweatsuit and appeared to be there alone. I didn't go up to him or anything because that's probably the last thing he wanted but as we were walking home he pulled out of an alley and almost hit me with his car. Then I took the opportunity to shake his hand through his open window and welcomed him with the traditional greeting of his people. "Roll Tide." He responded "Roll Damn Tide." I'm guessing he hasn't bought a new car yet. He had a mid 2000's silver sedan like an impala or something.

Cool story about Lacy. I'm glad he wasn't hammered and being stupid.

But it was a stretch to put it in this thread...

[swede]

Cool story about Lacy. I'm glad he wasn't hammered and being stupid.

But it was a stretch to put it in this thread...

Are you asking him to exercise better judgment?

Because that would be adding insult to injury.

[red]

I have no idea what thread to put this story in so this will do.

I saw Eddie Lacy at a bachelor party this weekend. He was at this terrible strip club in the Walker's Point neighborhood drinking coca cola and enjoying some titties. He wasn't throwing money around like you might expect but instead was just kind of wandering around in a full Packers sweatsuit and appeared to be there alone. I didn't go up to him or anything because that's probably the last thing he wanted but as we were walking home he pulled out of an alley and almost hit me with his car. Then I took the opportunity to shake his hand through his open window and welcomed him with the traditional greeting of his people. "Roll Tide." He responded "Roll Damn Tide." I'm guessing he hasn't bought a new car yet. He had a mid 2000's silver sedan like an impala or something.

so, he was in a strip club, then he was in his car in a dark alley, then you shook his hand?

yeah, you just shook a guys hand after he just got done rubbing one out

[3irty1]

so, he was in a strip club, then he was in his car in a dark alley, then you shook his hand?

yeah, you just shook a guys hand after he just got done rubbing one out

The parking lot to the strip joint attached to the alley but I hope you're right. A couple of years ago I shook Jessica Szohr's hand at a bar during the time when she was seeing Rodgers. I was pretty excited to touch the hand that touched his junk.

[mraynrand]

[Fritz]

so, he was in a strip club, then he was in his car in a dark alley, then you shook his hand?

yeah, you just shook a guys hand after he just got done rubbing one out

Isn't the real story that a Green Bay Packer had to self-amuse after leaving a strip club? No wonder they all go off to Minnesota as soon as they can. At least there being an NFL player means you get a party boat full of stripper/whores.

I think the citizenry of Green Bay needs to do a better job of ensuring that no Green Bay Packer ever has to take matters into his own hands after visiting a strip club.

How about the Walleye Queen? Isn't she available?

[SkinBasket]

When I was a teenager, I was on a small airplane at 2 am from Caracas to Manaus and I'm pretty sure Shakira was in the seat across from me. But I didn't bother her because I was really sleepy and I had no idea who she was. She had nice hamstrings though.

[mraynrand]

When I was a teenager, I was on a small airplane at 2 am from Caracas to Manaus and I'm pretty sure Shakira was in the seat across from me. But I didn't bother her because I was really sleepy and I had no idea who she was. She had nice hamstrings though.

¡caracoles!

[Maxie the Taxi]

When I was a teenager, I was on a small airplane at 2 am from Caracas to Manaus and I'm pretty sure Shakira was in the seat across from me. But I didn't bother her because I was really sleepy and I had no idea who she was. She had nice hamstrings though.

When I was a young man, I was on a small jet from Miami to Caracas and across the aisle from me was a little old man and a large crate of cackling chickens. No lie. No hamstrings, just drumsticks.

[SkinBasket]

When I was a young man, I was on a small jet from Miami to Caracas and across the aisle from me was a little old man and a large crate of cackling chickens. No lie. No hamstrings, just drumsticks.

I think I got the better deal. She would have provided good masturbation material for the time I spent in Brazil if I hadn't been occupied nuzzling up to the boat captain's daughter.

[mraynrand]

I think I got the better deal. She would have provided good masturbation material for the time I spent in Brazil if I hadn't been occupied nuzzling up to the boat captain's daughter.

[pbmax]

When I was a young man, I was on a small jet from Miami to Caracas and across the aisle from me was a little old man and a large crate of cackling chickens. No lie. No hamstrings, just drumsticks.

Was it a DC-3? Because I think I was on that flight 20 or so years later with the same guy.

Probably different chickens, though.

[mraynrand]

all this chicken talk is making me hungry. I think I'm gonna go 0-tech on a bucket of original recipe.