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AM - 7 miles, upper campus.

I like the website Athletics Illustrated, and I also find a lot of things Steve Magness has to say very interesting. So, Athletics Illustrated's interview w/ Magness is a good (short) read. Lots of interviews that you can learn something from on that site if you poke around a bit.

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From Rachelle on Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 09:56:26 from 199.190.170.29

That was a great read, thanks for sharing Jake.

From Kendall on Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:03:57 from 208.187.252.10

From the article"...there are a lot of studies that show that there is a relationship between being too flexible and being less efficient." Comforting news for a guy who can't even touch his toes (me). I'm a loaded spring waiting to go off!

Great stuff. Thanks for the post.

From Jake K on Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:06:08 from 155.100.226.191

Same here Kendall! :-)

I'm not inflexible, I'm efficient!

From Bam on Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 15:41:56 from 89.204.162.123

That's a good site. I often dip in there.

On the stretching thing, if I didn't do my AIS twice a day before runs, I doubt I'd be able to get out of bed in the morning - that's probably more to do with my age.

I think Magness has a point but I suspect he's missing some points as well.

There's a lot more to the whole stretching malarkey than his analogy of a coiled spring.

What's great about AIS and, if you're injured, MET, is that the antagonistic muscles do a lot of the work and the stretch is 'gently' dynamic.

I think AIS, if used with positional release, AET, and trigger pointing, can hit the right note and help you stay injury free, longer. If you do static stretching or don't stretch, you're asking for trouble - a coil that gets too tight, will snap.

From Kendall on Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 15:52:07 from 208.187.252.10

Don't spoil it Bam.

From Cam on Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 16:51:18 from 166.147.89.160

Steve Magness I think can be parallel with Jerry and maybe step into the shadow of Alberto in the next 5 years. If I was a 13 min guy I would be knocking on his door.

From Ken Bess on Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 17:16:37 from 174.52.148.34

Specificity of training:

Running is for runners.

Stretching is for stretchers.

From Jake K on Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 19:32:43 from 67.177.11.154

Although some stretching is good for non-injured runners... to keep them that way :-)

Wait, what did I just type?

From Matt Schreiber on Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 19:38:01 from 66.17.102.185

Thanks for the link, Jake. Good discussion always seems to follow.

From prestonmadera on Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 21:56:15 from 67.186.200.142

Thanks for the link, I always love reading/learning something new.

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