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Originally Posted by penguinz
If you are going to stretch do not do it cold. You should never stretch a muscle before it has 'warmed' up.
Personally I find stretching worthless.
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Everything I've been reading says this. I do a warmup and some light stretching (mostly out of habit) before my workout & then some light stretching as I cool down. Exception: I do stretch my calves quite a bit after running barefoot. That seems to help.
A little off topic: I had a doctor recently tell me that I should never stretch an injury. He said that stretching usually does more harm than good with an injury.