What is your typical ‘warm up routine’ before you even pick up a racquet to play?
Basically, my warm up routine consists of light jogging. Then I warm up my joints but I don’t stretch. The reason being is because stretching is simply pulling your muscles apart, but don’t you do that when you get cramps? When you get a cramp, it’s really when your muscles tighten up into a ‘cramp’ and when we stretch it out, we weaken it and try to pull the cramp out. So if you stretch before playing, you basically weaken your muscles.
Basically, my warm up routine consists of light jogging. Then I warm up my joints but I don’t stretch. The reason being is because stretching is simply pulling your muscles apart, but don’t you do that when you get cramps? When you get a cramp, it’s really when your muscles tighten up into a ‘cramp’ and when we stretch it out, we weaken it and try to pull the cramp out. So if you stretch before playing, you basically weaken your muscles.