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Originally Posted by Kezz  there is no need to stretch if you use proper form, ok if your a kickboxer or something stretching is a must, but other than that i think the muscle gets stretched enough in training without doing it even more |
Thats the whole reason why we stretch!
Take a piece of bluetack - or elastic band - and go to pull it hard straight off, it snaps. Now, if you do some 'warm up' pulls, i.e going around 50-75% and pulling gently you'll warm up the fibres. Same with your muscles.
Hence why you should never stretch a cold muscle...even worse if your pulling a cold muscle under resistance (by jumping straight into lifting)