Apparently, stretching before exercise does not reduce the risk of leg injury during workouts.
Australian researchers recruited 1,538 men in the army and randomly assigned them to stretch or non-stretch groups.
Over the course of 40 sessions of physical training in 12 weeks, both groups started with warm-up exercises, but the stretch group also did additional 20-second stretches of the main leg muscles for a total of five minutes of stretching.
The researchers did not find a significant difference in the number of leg injuries reported between the stretch and non-stretch groups.
What did make a difference was the men's level of fitness and age.
The five-minute stretching time used in this study may have been too short to result in benefits; still, the best way to prevent injury of any kind is to exercise consistently enough to stay fit.
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