Quote Originally Posted by zoom-zoom View Post
No stretching if you suspect a pull...if it's pulled you don't want to pull it more. This goes for tendon/ligament issues, too.

Personally, I'm not a fan of stretching, at least not unless I've warmed-up well. Stretching a cold muscle is recipe for injury. I have had a lot fewer nagging running injuries since I stopped stretching. I will sometimes stretch each muscle for a few seconds AFTER a run, but never before. I don't stretch before bike rides, either. Just take the first few miles easy to let my muscles loosen-up on their own.
I will remember this as I've never been quite sure, and I've never been active before first joining my club last August. I just took a gentle walk over to the store and the muscle seems to be improving, though am still aware of it. Perhaps it is just tight....

I still want to go riding tonight though...sigh... There is little doubt that I should let that leg rest tonight, perhaps this will teach me to never forget my HRM again - or at least not to do 100 pound deadlifts and 130 pound leg-presses before spinning