335: Are You Holding Your Stretches Long Enough or Should You Even be Stretching?

Today we look at a study implementing very long static stretching up to 8 minutes of continuous stretching, what happens? How are any range of motion and muscle gains? Afterwards we rehash a continuing theme on the show, that everyone responds differently. John always reviews the full-text of every article, but you may view the free abstract by clicking here:  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25486299 . This podcast is proudly sponsored by John’s premium exercise equipment and apparel company Barbell 1. Check out http://barbell1.com for helpful tutorial videos on training and nutrition and the Barbell 1 product line.

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