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[pct-l] stretching?



I no longer get sore or tired muscles when backpacking.  I used to stretch out my achilles, but haven''t had to do so for a year now.  A few years ago I used to try to do some basic stretches at the end of every day, however.

Suge

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Christopher Willett
cwillett@pierce.ctc.edu
Pierce College
9401 Farwest Drive SW.
Lakewood, WA. 98498-1999

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> From: 	pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net on behalf of Eric
> Reply To: 	Eric
> Sent: 	Thursday, October 21, 2004 7:59 AM
> To: 	pct-l
> Subject: 	[pct-l] stretching?
> 
> Hey everyone;
> 
> I'm curious if anyone out there on the PCT did and/or found it useful
> for a good stretching program. I would think that if we're shaving
> grams in an attempt to avoid injury from heavy loads and speed our
> trip up, that proper stretching would be pretty important as well,
> since well stretched muscles are much less prone to injury, and having
> good range improves performance to a crazy degree.
> 
> I just noticed that, in town, when I go hiking for a few hours, I tend
> to warm down properly and conduct good stretching, but often when I go
> backpacking I'm too tired, or for whatever reason it's just not in the
> cards.
> 
> Thoughts / theories?
> 
> Eric
> 
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