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Old 03-20-11 | 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by eddy689
Once your hamstrings are more flexible you'll be far less injury prone and will notice a difference in performance

Hope that's helpful
Nope. That's a myth. The problem should be fixed for general health, but if a muscle will go through the range of motion needed for an exercise there will be no performance gains from stretching. For some exercises - but this isn't relevant to cycling - performance may decrease as a muscle will no longer store rebound energy to use like a spring.
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