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Will stretching out worked out body parts, the day after, affect muscle-tears from re-building? For example, I worked out glutes yesterday, stretched immediately after my work out in sauna, and will stretch glutes this evening. Will that hinder glute muscles from growing

I doubt it. It will definitely leave you less sore though.

To my knowledge, it depends on how your stretching. Everything I've read about stretching says that you want to be warm while stretching, not cold. So do a small 5 minute run or something and stretch. Just make sure your not stretching from point zero

In addition to stretching...you might want to look into the benefits of foam rolling...foam rolling breaks up the adhesions (scar tissue) that has built up on your muscles over time. Any place that sells fitness equipment will have them...your gym might have them too. It's very good to integrate into a training program especially for legs and gluteal muscles.