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What should I do to warm up for stretching?

I saw a video where Jay Cutler was getting a deep tissue message. It looked like he was getting the crap beat out of him. The look of pain on his face was intense and it was also a bright scarlet color, as well.

CowPimp

[quote=DOMS;1514877]What should I do to warm up for stretching?[/b]

Same thing you might do to warmup for a workout. Personally, if I'm just going to stretch and do nothing else I will just do some pushups, body squats, and maybe even some chinups. A few sets of submaximal numbers in a circuit. No need to kill yourself. It's just a quick and easy way to do something that requires little to no equipment. Sometimes I may also go for a quick few minute jog around the block or even leisurely walk as well.


I really want to get a professional one. It sounds great.

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Thanks, Cowpimp. I figured it would be something like that. Though, I should note, when I warm up for a weight training, I don't do calisthenics. I start with an empty oly bar and a few sets of high reps with negligible weight.



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Lawl, is that really what a deep tissue message looks like?


This video looked informative, but they made it ghey with the music and made it harder to concentrate on what the dude was saying.



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Lawl, check that out. My cat does that too when you run her head.

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That's not what it looked like in Jay's video. The women was much more methodical in her approach. She also use something that looked similar to trowel at time.


Hahahaahahaa. That's pretty damn funny!

And just because I can't post this anywhere else...

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Week 3, Day 1

Today may be the last day that do all exercises at an RI of 2. The Squats are getting to be borderline. I'm almost not getting the chance to to recoup between sets.

Aside from that, I did pretty well. I'm reaching my PR in benching (150, 4 x 6). I'm no where near my PR in Squats (230, 4 x 6) or my T-Bar Rows (185, 4 x 6). I'm not sure if I messed up in my initial estimates or if this is a feature of the program.

I've noticed some substantial changes in the musculature of my legs. I'm not going to do any measurements until I abandon this routine, though.

I've also noticed a change in my back. Only because, when I lay down, I don't...feel the same. I can feel that I'm laying on muscle and not just my back. It sounds weird, but I don't know how else to explain it.



Squat (RI 2, 1/x/1/x)
110 @ 5
135 @ 5
160 @ 5
190 @ 5
215 @ 5


Bench (RI 2, 1/x/1/x)
75 @ 5
90 @ 5
110 @ 5
130 @ 5
145 @ 5


T-Bar Row (RI 2, 1/x/1/x)
80 @ 5
100 @ 5
115 @ 5
135 @ 5
155 @ 5



KW: chest, legs, back, 5x5
05/12/2006

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I just discovered something...unpleasant.

It appears that last night I developed some stretch marks. No doubt their from doing deep Squats. They start at my groin (as apposed to yours I guess) and head straight for the knees for about five inches.

The only other time I've developed stretch marks was from pec growth, and then only very light ones. Which took a month or more to develop. The marks I have on my inner thighs happened just last night.

I always thought that they took time time to grow. It seems like I violently tore my skin instead. Is this normal?

BTW, when I Squat, I go completely ATG. I have good hip flexibility (from working months on end to Squat deep), so I go all the way down until my hams hit my calves.

fufu

That is sweet that you are making notable gains in muscle size.

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Thanks for the support, fufu!

You throw around a lot more weight than me. Did you get the inner thigh stretch marks as well?

They're actually a bit painful.

fufu

Hmm, I haven't had any stretch marks at all from lifting. Except for some small ones on the side of my hips. Some people are just more susceptible to stretch marks. If it hurts then maybe it is something else that a dermatologist could diagnose. I've heard people use some sort of cocoa butter cream to reverse stretch marks but I don't know if it really works. Well there is one positive thing about them - you know you are getting bigger!

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P-funk

i've got stretch marks all around my arm pit area from lifting when I was younger.

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But is normal to just rip the skin in one workout?

The thing is about 5 inches long and about a centimeter wide.

P-funk

I don't know.

Does it hurt?

Post a picture.

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Yes, they hurt. Not excruciatingly so, but I can feel them when I move around.

I'll take a pic tonight.

P-funk

weird. I have never had strech marks that hurt. I have not ever noticed stretch marks to happen after one session.

It may be that you broke some blood vessels?

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That's the strange thing, there's no blood. Not even subdermally.

Gazhole

Me too. People always notice them first aswell, over everything else, which really annoys me.

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Well, my 10,000th post is to inform you that there will, in fact, not be any near-crotch shot of my unusual stretch marks.

My camera lacks the ability to display them adequetly. It's having a problem showing the differences in skin tone.

fufu

Good job on the 10,000 posts, lawl. Welcome to whore-dom! I'm getting there.

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We interrupt this regularly scheduled workout post (postponed until tonight) with the urgent picture:



HOT DAMN!!!

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