Stretching your muscles under the influence of alcohol??

[hawkfish]

I would think that drinking and stretching would be a recipe for disaster.

From my own experience, after a few drinks, my motor skills degrade very quickly. I would be concerned about getting into a stretch and not being able to control the speed at which I am executing the stretch and the amount of tension on the muscles, ligaments and tendons. For any little benefit you might gain, the consequences of one little mistake could slow your progress at great deal.

I would guess that if you spend just a little extra time on your stretching routine, even just a few extra minutes a day, you would gain the same amount or more flexibility than taking the chance of drinking while under the influence.

[bushido_man96]

I had a student once years ago, who got drunk at a party, and then announced that she could do the splits, and dropped straight into them. Problem is, she really couldn't do them. She was tore up real bad for a while, and needless to say, it did not improve her flexibility.

[Tef]

Y'know bushido_man, i was just going to mention that exact story, it's crazy that she was your student. (no offense, i thought it was an MA training myth)

Anyhoo,

Drinking + any type of activity other than dancing in the club/ trying to spit game at a person of the opposite sex = all bad.

Yes, drunken style was created by a MA master practicing while drunk, but i truly doubt a drunken master would get really faded every time s/he practiced.

For your last hurrah, get smashed and do a format. It isn't all that cool. I've done it and i just looked stupid and had no power