Passive stretch vs. Foam rolling: What is best during warm-ups?

🔥 Foam rolling vs. Passive stretch, which option to pick to optimally prepare for a workout.💪

⬅️➡️ Well it depends, both work fine to improve range of motion and muscle stiffness. But… as shown by earlier data and this report, passive stretching decreases an athlete’s ability to produce maximal power.

✅ Interestingly, in this study, foam rolling did not negatively affect power, while it still had the ability to improve ROM.

💡 So if your goal is to just improve range of motion, both passive stretching and foam rolling are good options. But if you warm-up for a heavy lifting session, especially weightlifting, just foam rolling would be your go-to option.

👇 How do you warm-up for a workout? Comment below

📖 Full read of the study: PMID: 33638016

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8064982/

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