Is Stretching a Bad Thing?

Stretching can have its good mental properties, make you feel better. And if you do a lot of stretching, it's not going to increase your likelihood of injury. As a recreational runner, we don't put our joints through a large range of motion. But for the explosive athletes, sprinters, is kind of in another field in itself. The research there does show that it can compromise your performance output when you're getting into little more high intensity type stuff.