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Lecture Notes

Stretching can often take quite a bit of time, as static stretches should be held for 15-60 seconds. And again, we talked about wanting to hold that stretch so that eventually you habituate your muscles and the spindles in your muscles to send fewer signals, and so the length of time is important here. We also talked about PNF stretching, where you should use that 6-second contraction, followed by a 10-30 second assisted stretch after the contraction when the person is relaxing their muscle again. And so if you think about spending this amount of time for each joint angle, maybe multiple sets at each joint angle, and trying to do your entire body, stretching is something that you definitely have to make time for in your exercise routine.