My favorite retired basketball player

I've had many favorites over the years, almost all Celtics, but my heart has really been won over by Kevin Johnson, formerly of the Phoenix Suns, now Mayor of Sacramento. It's not because he was long a champion of acupuncture, saying it was helpful in treating his hamstring ailments. No, it's because along with his wife Michelle Rhee who served as Commissioner of Education for D.C. he is working hard to upgrade educational standards, resources, and opportunities for America's children. He's a passionate advocate of improving education, and he is right. Education is the key to success for our youth, and right now our education system is failing our youth.

Stretching for 2 seconds at a time is best. Repeat 10x. Longer provokes a contraction reflex. My trainer who worked on 20 Olympic Gold Medal Winners taught me that.

worse a great stretching system that I've been using for years is AIS, Active Isolated Stretch, its principles are exactly as you just stated.

Yes Cow, AIS is the best. Aaron Mattes created the system, and I work with his apprentice Terry Simes.