02/13/2026
Most people don’t actually know what stretching is.
They think it means:
• Sit in a position
• Feel a pull
• Hold it for 30 seconds
• Assume that’s enough
That’s a version of stretching. It’s just a very limited one.
In our world, stretching is a tool. And tools only work if you understand what they’re for.
You can hang out in a position and hope your body adapts.
Or you can treat that position like training. Create tension. Actively pull yourself deeper. Spend time there with intention. Progress it week to week.
One is exposure.
The other is practice under load.
When someone says “stretching doesn’t work,” they’re usually talking about the casual version. No real structure behind it. No progression model. No reason for the body to change.
If you start applying training principles to mobility—effort, dosage, consistency, progression—it stops being random.
Before you write stretching off completely, it’s worth asking:
What exactly are you doing when you say you stretch?