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Subject: Re: [shovelglove] In lieu of stretching
From: John Enzinas
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 13:05:24 -0500
    

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 08:33:29 -0800 (PST), Reinhard Engels
<beautiful_idiot@...> wrote:
> Anyone here stretch?
<snnip>
> 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?

I've always found that the best way to warm up my muscles for an
activity was to start doing that activity but not at full power. So
when I start with the SG I do and smoothly and think about extending
the range of motion untill i get into the swing of things (no pun
intended).

--j

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