Un punto su cui non ho ancora fatto chiarezza e quello dello streching estremo, con questo testo stralciato da un lungo articolo (rubazzato dal blog di Matteo_Cresti http://matteochannel.wordpress.com/ , a proposito matteo, se pensi che non sia il caso di postare qui queste righe fammelo presente che le togliamo subito) di Dante Trudel AKA Doggcrapp spero di
rimediare a questa carenza.

Buona lettura


What is extreme stretching and what is its purpose? Extreme stretching is putting the muscle in a stretched position under load for a period of time. It is somewhat controversial. I have been talking about Extreme Stretching for about 17 years now but I want to make something very clear. I was doing a thesis on Hyperplasia and I theorized that Extreme Stretching might be able to go down that road….as was shown many years earlier with the bird wing studies. John Parillo was before me though and he started the extreme stretching movement as it relates to fascia stretching. I just want to make that clear as I feel John has earned that respect. Extreme stretching definitely does something special for a great many people….I’ve gotten 1000’s of emails to prove that point and I know its not a placebo effect….I believe highly in its merits. As to what is really going on here physiologically, this again is somewhat controversial. There have been many online arguments about fascia stretching or whether hyperplasia can be induced through extreme stretching. But I am unsure of the exact mechanism of why it works so well, and anybody who says they 100% know are mistaken because it really has yet to be determined by science. This is what we do know as various studies have told us…..under various circumstance a stretched muscle under load has produced hyperplasia, an increase in IGF-1, an increase in MGF (2 very potent growth factors), increased protein synthesis, and increased the long-term production of prostaglandin F2 alpha, an anabolic stimulator of myofiber growth. I’ve gotten reports of (for lack of better terms) “an enhanced roundness” with extreme stretching particularly in the chest, quads, triceps. Its very rare you get someone who doesn’t report beneficial results