Well, that's what I get for relying on 30+ year old books on weightlifting that I picked up from a Goodwill!

I see what you mean RS, of the 4 YT videos I've watched this morning (plus 3 webpages), it seems that static stretching (like I described) is considered bad *prior* to lifting, instead it's suggested that you do dynamic stretching (movement) before and then static *after* you workout. One guy feels the current thinking of not doing pre-workout static stretching is bogus (any power loss being inconsequential) and another thinks static stretching cold muscles is bad *all* of the time (the counter-argument being the benefits of yoga).

I didn't realize that stretching (type and timing) was so controversial, I'm going to look deeper into it.

Glad you seem to be ok. In NYC, if we have enough space in our room, we're going to do a daily basic workout (pushups, situps, 0-weight squats) and yoga routine.