Loading and ZigZagging in Commercial Gym

[Kleen]

The stretches are no joke - it's up to the person to make those as hard as they want to some degree.

The occlusion stretches are the ones that can test you and in a senses, I prefer these (and typically do these more often) b/c you can really focus on the muscle and don't have to worry about, as the stretch goes on, the difficulties in getting out from under / putting down a load.


And one thing I repeatedly find in camps and when working with folks who have been doing FT is that the stretches are neglected. Sometimes people don't even do them - at all... This is one of my first questions when someone is getting a lot of little nagging aches n' pain or overuse-type injuries: "Tell me how you're stretching?..."

Often the answer is, "Well, i've not really be doing a very good job at that... "

-S

I have definitely found that I prefer occluded stretches for the exact same reason. Although I really like the DC Quad stretch, and since the body is the resistance there it is easy to come out of it or should I say fall to your knees and pant...

I love the stretching and only neglect it when I am running out of time for some reason.