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Anyone here stretch?

I have to confess, I don't. Except what comes
unconsciously, by yawning, etc. I don't notice any ill
effects except an occasionally guilty conscience.

Am I missing anything? I haven't done any research on
this score, but the logic of "useful movements" would
seem to indicate not. Did farmers and hunters stretch?
Maybe the range of their natural movements (which,
remember, we're imitating with shovelglove) is
sufficient that dedicated stretching time isn't
necessary? Maybe it's only the artificial, constricted
movements of weightlifters and other "specialist"
exercisers that make stretching necessary.

What I do do to cool down is a bit of shadowboxing. I
don't know the first thing about boxing so I'm sure
what I do is pretty laughable to the trained eye, and
I doubt it accomplishes much in the way of stretching,
but it's fun, and a great excuse to admire your
shovelglove induced musculature if you do it in front
of mirror (if a little autosexual). It also kills time
while I wait for my charming victorian plumbing to get
the shower water hot enough. 21 hooks to the head, 21
hooks to the body, 21 uppercuts, 21 "sneaky stomach
jabs," 14 straight rights, 14 straight lefts.

Reinhard