Should You Stretch Before Your Workout?

Stretching is still good for you. It can help improve your flexibility. However, you’re better off stretching at the end of a workout, or before you go to bed. Studies have shown that stretching before you play a sport can make you slower and weaker. The Center for Disease Control looked at 100 papers, and found no reason to evidence to support the popular notion that stretching before exercises reduces the likelihood of injury. In fact, the best thing to do before a workout would be to go for jog or do some other light exercise to increase the heart rate.