Giving Badminton the respect it deserves

Recently, I read a piece in TIME on resistance-stretching exercises. Forty-one year old Dara Torres, the silver medalist who made history at the 2008 Beijing Olympics as the oldest swimmer to compete, power-stretches three times a week. Resistance stretching, the article claims, focuses on flexing your muscles as you stretch them which increases strength and flexibility. "Contract your muscles while stretching them and get a workout worthy of an Olympian." Translated locally, Kit pulls my fist away from me as I try to pull it in during a bicep curl.