Why stretching is crucial if you want to get stronger and lose weight

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• There are contradicting accounts of whether stretching helps to aid in recovery and changing the structure of our muscles.
• Muscle recovery is when a muscle returns to full function without soreness, and muscle remodeling is when our bodies adapt to that stressor by changing our muscle structure, metabolism, and physiology
• While studies do not indicate that stretching assists with recovery, there is evidence that stretching will help with muscle remodeling, connective tissue strengthening, range-of-motion improvement, joint alignment, and potentially blood flow during subsequent exercise. 

There seems to be a lot of confusion regarding the value — or lack thereof — of muscle stretching to accelerate recovery after exercise. "Stretching clears out your lactic acid," and other similar claims abound. Is any of this true?See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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