Well+Good shares everything you need to know about stretching after workouts according to experts including Gregory Rubin, DO, primary sports medicine physician at HSS. 

It does make sense to get your stretching done post-workout, considering it’s best to stretch when your body is already warm. But it’s more about efficiency than efficacy because there’s no evidence to suggest doing your stretches immediately following a workout is any more effective than doing your stretches, say, later that day while you’re watching Love Island, said Dr. Rubin. 

“You’re not preventing any injuries by doing it right after,” Dr. Rubin says. It’s not affecting your recovery, nor will it affect whether you experience delayed onset muscle soreness, or even if you get overuse injuries from activities like running. “There’s no clear tie between stretching and athletic performance,” he explained.

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