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I was wondering if the heat helps to soften tight hamstrings, and if so, when you're not in the heat do they get tight again? Mine are really tight and I wondered if this strech in class is 'fake' so to speak or if they really are stretched for good. Does this make sense?

the heat will cause some stretch, but there's also real stratch going on too.

mostly real stretch - the heat doesn't add that much stretch, really.

I judge that by doing the bikram poses at room temperature sometimes and seeing how much I stretch at room temperature. I can work up to as much stretch as in the heat, but it's takes a long time.

OK, this is why I ask, coz I was doing some stretching at home and I couldn't get nearly as far as when I was in my class...