Stretching may not be as beneficial as you thought. In fact in some cases it may actually be detrimental to your cycling performance. This video takes a deep dive into the science to uncover the truth about stretching. Be sure to like and subscribe!

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The studies I used in this video:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1600-0838.2012.01444.x

https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/Fulltext/2010/09000/Effects_of_Static_Stretching_on_Energy_Cost_and.2.aspx

https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/FullText/2012/02000/Effects_of_Dynamic_Stretching_on_Energy_Cost_and.4.aspx

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1600-0838.2011.01327.x

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.525.2286&rep=rep1&type=pdf

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1600-0838.2009.01058.x

https://andrewvs.blogs.com/files/stretching-to-prevent-injury.pdf

https://www.bmj.com/content/325/7362/468.short

https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD004577.pub3/abstract

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00913847.1989.11709806

https://europepmc.org/abstract/med/19127179

https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/html/10.1055/s-0035-1555861


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