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Stretching before exercise can do more harm than good, <a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/reasons-not-to-stretch/">here's why</a>. </p>

In a nutshell, the latest advice is to do dynamic stretching prior to exercise, and the more traditional static stretching after you work out.