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From what I remember (and I may be wrong), it takes 10 seconds for your muscles to even relax enough to get a good stretch. That's why bobbing and bouncing to get a good stretch doesn't work well (and makes people prone to injury.) I try to go around 20 seconds or longer (just because when my muscles relax, I can usually go deeper). And trust me, 20 seconds is longer than most people realize.

I looooooved yoga, and that's where I learned the most about stretching. As a side note, when I was doing yoga once or twice weekly, my body hurt less, and somehow I was losing more weight, despite doing "less cardio." Over the summer semester and fall semester, I should be able to take at least one yoga class a week, which has me excited!