Who's the idiot at UPS who came up with the stretching techniques?

[Wally]

Sounds like they're half-assed rolling out the dynamic stretching. About 80 percent of the guys here do it at pcm. The rest of us just stare and shake our heads.

Were more like 80% watching.

 

[Number24]

What?

What

 

[soberups]

I wont dispute the fact that stretching can be beneficial when done thoroughly and properly. However...anyone with even the slightest understanding of physical fitness knows that a thorough and proper regimen of stretching exercises is not going to happen within the time frame of a PCM. What we do at the PCM is nothing more than the Safety Committee trying to justify its own worthless existence.

 

[DOK]

I was told not to bend and lean over to stretch my back this am. My PT sup gave me some sheet with a stretch of a dude with his hands on his hips leaning backwards (against the spines natural curve) as the proper stretching technique.

All I could do was laugh and mumble "dumbest gosh darn thing yet at UPS"

Heard later our proper stretching changed a while back? We used to be allowed to bend at the waist to stretch our backs but some now says it's no longer "proper" stretching.

I'd like to really meet the decision maker.....

There are 7 approved company stretches, vary from any of these while on the clock and risk a warning letter.

 

[Catatonic]

Richard Simmons:

 

[watdaflock?]

There are 7 approved company stretches, vary from any of these while on the clock and risk a warning letter.

What is the proper steps in questioning approved stretches since one is clearly wrong?

 

[oldngray]

Are you wearing proper footwear when attempting to stretch?

 

[watdaflock?]

What

Can you use different verbiage for the point you were making? I didn't understand what you said.

 

[watdaflock?]

Are you wearing proper footwear when attempting to stretch?

What does that have to do with anything? Good try at humor, old man.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Can you use different verbiage for the point you were making? I didn't understand what you said.

Wut?

 

[moldsporh]

Bend at knees,

......but bend all the way over before you start work and touch your toes with cold muscles.....lol.