need information about how many calories are burned through static stretching

[Kris]

a guy in my gym who has no idea of muscle anatomy, strength training, stretching etc trying to be smart and i found myself in a situation i could start an argument because i didnt have enough information right now. he tried to tell the group of tricksters static stretching burns a lot more than weightlifting does. its obvious it doesnt, but i need a proof. just googled the topic but did not find anything really informative.
maybe someone of you has some quality information on the topic?
thanks

[Skippy]

I really couldn't imagine static stretching burning anything. I've never felt tired after doing it that's for certain haha. How does it require gastrinomic amounts of energy just to hold a stretch?

Unless you mean like holding kicks, which I can't imagine would take hugely alot either.

[Kris]

yeah thats what i was thinking, too...
mhh...

[thereid]

I really couldn't imagine static stretching burning anything. I've never felt tired after doing it that's for certain haha.

Actually static stretching has a strong tendency to make people drowzy(I know this from reading stretching scientifically and personal experience), but for a completely different reason than calorie burning.

[Kris]

why does no one answer? :/

[Aiden Bloodaxe]

Obviously Weightlifting requires more energy(kilojoules / kcalories) than bending over & touching your toes(static stretching).

Edit: Get him to perform a static stretch & then get him to do the heaviest set of 20 squats he can manage & see which one wears him out the most, which subsequently will be the one that uses more energy & thus calories.

[Rahf]

a guy in my gym who has no idea of muscle anatomy, strength training, stretching etc trying to be smart and i found myself in a situation i could start an argument because i didnt have enough information right now. he tried to tell the group of tricksters static stretching burns a lot more than weightlifting does. its obvious it doesnt, but i need a proof. just googled the topic but did not find anything really informative.
maybe someone of you has some quality information on the topic?
thanks

My guess is that it depends on the intensity of the stretch and longevity of the stretching session. I doubt that 30 seconds in a sidesplit will consume alot of energy, if you're doing a 40 minute stretching session however, you might burn something.

It definitely does not hold the same amount of energy consumption as intensive weightlifting I reckon. Estimated guesses now.

[Origional]

How much does weightlifting burn?

[Aiden Bloodaxe]

Haha,if that wasn't a joke question: Depends entirely on what loads,volume,intensity,resting periods etc. you're using.

[Origional]

Haha,if that wasn't a joke question: Depends entirely on what loads,volume,intensity,resting periods etc. you're using.


It was not. We should plug in as many variables into the formula as we can before we decide an answer.

[Aiden Bloodaxe]

I can recall a few commercial training supplement sites with a list of how much calories certain types of training burn,I'll have a butchers. Obviously they're going to be very generalised which is the closest we can get really.

edit: http://www.negativecaloriefoods.com/cal.html will do.

Also,what is your youtube channel,Origional?

[The Laughing Man]

Just go and train, and then flykick this asshole in the head!

[Ashtar]

Stretching is about relaxing muscles. When a muscle relaxes, it stops tensing, so it burns LESS calories.

When you stretch a muscle and it tenses up prior to relaxing (including consciously during static-passive isometric PNF stretchines) or if you're tensing an agonist to stretch it's antagonist (static-active stretching) then those do burn calories.

One doesn't burn 'more' than the other, it's really a matter of how much work is being done. A really hardcore passive or PNF stretch will burn way more calories than curling a 5lb dumbell, but I don't think any of the stretches really compare to large compound lifts.

Stretches are usually focused on a couple muscles at a time, so the calories burned are going to be more similar to isolation exercises (single joint lifts) which don't compare at all to compound exercises (multi joint lifts) which have heavier poundages and work more muscles simultaneously.

Once you become more flexible, you're looser and more tense, so I think, compared to someone with a similar amount of muscle, you'd have a lower metabolism since the muscles aren't constantly working. It's like how you'd have a lower metabolism living in a hot climate than in a cold one since you're not constantly shivering.

If stretching keeps someone healthy and able to make better strength gains, that will inevitably burn more calories indirectly, similar to sleeping more, even though sleeping burns less calories than running around.

[Kris]

to sum it up that post did not help me at all.
but thanks

[Ashtar]

Sorry, to simpify: weight lifting is work, it burns calories. Stretching is not work, work is a tool which can be used to assist stretching, but stretching itself does not burn calories. Muscle tension, which both activities, include, does.