Andrew Huberman

And I think that's a relief probably to many of us because it also suggests that the injury risk is going to be lower than if one were pushing into the pain zone, so to speak.

I want to just briefly return to this idea of whether or not to do ballistic or static stretching before stretching.

some sort of skill training or weight training, any kind of sport or even cardiovascular exercise like running.

There are instances, for example, where an individual might want to do some static stretching to increase limb range of motion prior to doing weight training.

even if it's going to inhibit that person's ability to lift as much weight.

Why would you want to do that?

Well, for instance, if somebody has a tightness or a limitation in their neuromuscular connective tissue system, someplace in their body and system that prevents them from using proper form that they can overcome by doing some static stretching, well, that would be a great idea.

There are instances where people are trying to overcome injuries, where they're trying to

come back from a reparative surgery or something of that sort coming back from a layoff where some additional static stretching prior to cardiovascular weight training or skill training or sport of some kind is going to be useful because it's going to put us in a position of greater safety and confidence and performance overall, even if it's adjusting down our speed or the total amount of loads that we use.

And similarly,

There are a lot of data pointing to the fact that doing some dynamic or even ballistic stretching prior to skill training or cardiovascular weight training can be beneficial in part to warm up the relevant neural circuits, joints and connective tissue and muscles, and as well to perhaps improve range of motion or ability to perform those movements more accurately with more stability and therefore with more confidence.

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