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Stretching only reaches the tissues you already have access to.

Chronic stiffness and dehydration in the fascia do not come from a lack of stretching. They come from pattern overload. When the same muscles are doing all the work, other tissues shut down and dry out.

If you stretch without correcting those patterns, you are just pulling on what is already available, not what actually needs hydration. Over time that reinforces imbalance and leaves the dysfunctional areas even more dehydrated.

Stretching only rehydrates tissue when it is the result of balanced, well organized contractions. Without that balance, flexibility becomes another form of compensation.

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paul keating 1w ago

Stoked to learn from you soon 🫡

Gregory Bader 🦍🌺 1w ago

🙏🙏 you’ll get it

Jack 1w ago

What’s this dance called? 💪

Gregory Bader 🦍🌺 1w ago

lol if I had to name it I’d call it the Running Man

Jake Woodhouse 1w ago

So is this stretching with weights? More details pls!

Gregory Bader 🦍🌺 1w ago

That’s actually a good way to put it - the training system is called Functional Patterns. Stretching should occur with reciprocal contractions that mimic the human gait cycle. Aka stretching under tension or potentiation.

YEGHRO 1w ago

That's why I like gymnastic strength training, personally. I feel like it really activates muscles you otherwise would not be using and strengthens a lot of weak points.

Foam rolling has also been great for my weak points. Things feel more connected the more I foam roll.

Gregory Bader 🦍🌺 1w ago

Nice yeah - there’s a spectrum of how “good” certain types of exercise are for you. Just like there’s a spectrum of functionality for nutrition and currency/“money”

Stretching is fiat currency is McDonalds lol

Mark Murphy 1w ago

Tennis is a great sport for getting at all the muscles too. There are guys at the clubs in their 70’s who are more agile than a lot of fellas in their 30’s and 40’s.

Gregory Bader 🦍🌺 1w ago

Yeah the only thing about tennis is it tends to build too much asymmetry - it doesn’t have to be that way but that’s just the way it’s traditionally played, it creates a lot of side dominance. But it’s definitely a high-pace, athletic sport.