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Why is stretching generally recommended before running?
Do you want to stretch before running? Stretching exercise before running can prevent physical injury during running, wake up the body faster and restore vitality.

1. Stretching is a natural and relaxed non-competitive sport. We can see kittens or other animals stretching after waking up. In fact, this is also an action in stretching. Stretching just after waking up can eliminate the stiffness of the body and awaken the vitality of the body. After a night's sleep or a long time in a fixed posture (such as sitting posture), people's body muscles are still dormant and sticky. Proper stretching exercise can quickly wake up the body and restore vitality.

2. People of different ages have different strength, endurance and flexibility, but we can choose the same stretching exercise as long as we find the right stretching method and the right stretching rhythm. Teenagers can use stretching exercise to make their heads taller, middle-aged and young people can use stretching exercise to eliminate their muscle stiffness, and the elderly can increase their flexibility by stretching to keep themselves away from cardiovascular diseases and Alzheimer's disease.

3. Stretching exercise is simpler and more popular. However, it should be noted that you should not covet the pleasure of stretching when stretching. Excessive stretching and overstretching are not only easy to cause muscle soreness, but also cause joint damage in other parts. Stretch the front side of the thigh. When the body is stable, press your knees down and back with your hands, and you can also stretch the muscles inside the thigh. However, in the process of stretching, we must pay attention, and never consciously pull because of the pursuit of stretching effect, which is easy to hurt the body. Swing your legs back and forth, left and right, and stop swinging your legs back and forth or left and right when you stand still, which can help us to move our hip joints and pull the medial and lateral muscle groups, and prevent thigh cramps and muscle strains during running.

Everyone's physical condition is different, sometimes the muscles are stiff and sometimes the body is soft. Athletes only need to stretch regularly, and the limit of stretching is within the range they can adapt.