Real men don’t stretch, right? Real men will enter the gym, kick off their work boots, throw on a weight belt, and get to work. They’ll tackle the iron, tossing newbies and rookies out of their way as they bench, squat, and deadlift their way to greatness. They are big, strong, and serious in the weight room. They have time for the iron, and that’s it. They have no mercy for cardio machines. They have no time for “cable curls” and other foo-foo devices. There’s a good chance they don’t even train abs. And it’s an absolute certainty they aren’t doing any stretching. Cause stretching is for girls, right?

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Although stretching should not be undertaken as a distinct workout routine by itself by a body builder, it is important to incorporate stretching exercises in your bodybuilding regime. Ideally, stretching exercise should be performed as a warm up routine for five to six minutes preceding the weight exercises. This helps amplify the efficiency of the training session in three specific ways. These three are discussed in details here under.

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There is always a reason for everything in body building and this is why stretching also serves a major part of your routine workouts. There are categories of people who believe that by stretching after or even before jogging does not auger well in workouts since they think that it makes one tired before the real training. But all this should be sidelined since without proper stretching in your body building chances of injuries are usually very high and this discontinues you from body building immediately.

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