The summer Olympics will be over tomorrow but the images, emotions & drama of the games still live on. Unarguably one of the most enduring images are the ones of swimmer Michael Phelps winning a perfect 8-for-8 in Beijing, breaking Mark Spitz’s single-Games record for gold medals. He swam 17 times over nine days and broke the world record in four of his five individual swims. His three relay teams also set world marks.

Did you hear that one of Phelps’ more important components of his fitness & injury prevention program is stretching? He thinks it’s so important, he did a brief video on it & you can view it here: Michael Phelps – stretching tips.

Phelps says "You gotta stretch to win!" (courtesy, Speedo USA/Michael Muller)