i am very curious about stretching muscles and how muscles shorten after an exercise and require a massage to lengthen them or a stretch.
i always notice people with bulky muscles in the gym and wonder, is that a sign of muscle dementia or is that how it should look like after an exercise, i mean, for me, i want muscles to look in its most natural state and thus i always stretch after and before a weighted or any kind of exercise to prevent any of these muscle dementia's.
so i guess my main question is, if i were to always stretch before and after an exercise and always have a massage as well to lengthen the muscles so it would be in its MOST natural and state so the striations are going in its original direction, would my muscles still bulk up?
