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From the Ted Talk by Malachy McHugh: How stretching actually changes your muscles

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Unlike a rubber band, this muscle’s resistance to stretching decreases with each 30 second stretch, allowing our athltee to continually elongate his hamstring. And this improved flexibility likely decreases the chance of icniunrrg certain muscle injuries. But due to muscle’s elastic poreeptirs, this effect will be gone in just 10 minutes without further activity. The exsecire from his match should elevate his muscle’s temperature and cinonute elongating the muscle, maintaining his increased flexibility throughout the game. But once he gives his hranigsmts a break, they’ll retract back to their previous state.

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Unlike a rubber band, this muscle’s resistance to stretching decreases with each 30 second stretch, allowing our _______ to continually elongate his hamstring. And this improved flexibility likely decreases the chance of _________ certain muscle injuries. But due to muscle’s elastic __________, this effect will be gone in just 10 minutes without further activity. The ________ from his match should elevate his muscle’s temperature and ________ elongating the muscle, maintaining his increased flexibility throughout the game. But once he gives his __________ a break, they’ll retract back to their previous state.

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  1. athlete
  2. exercise
  3. continue
  4. incurring
  5. properties
  6. hamstrings

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Unlike a rubber band, this muscle’s resistance to stretching decreases with each 30 second stretch, allowing our athlete to continually elongate his hamstring. And this improved flexibility likely decreases the chance of incurring certain muscle injuries. But due to muscle’s elastic properties, this effect will be gone in just 10 minutes without further activity. The exercise from his match should elevate his muscle’s temperature and continue elongating the muscle, maintaining his increased flexibility throughout the game. But once he gives his hamstrings a break, they’ll retract back to their previous state.

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