Many athletes also perform static stretching (SS) as part of their warm-up routine before an event. Static stretching has been suggested to decrease muscle force production capacity by decreasing peak torque (4–7,12,15), and lower-body power (18). Samuel et al. have reported that SS may decrease the vertical jump in young, healthy individuals. Furthermore, Power et al. reported a decrease in peak torque after SS in young, healthy individuals. Taken together, these data demonstrate that SS decreases force production in young healthy individuals. In addition, few studies have examined SS in trained cyclists, and none have examined the effect on cycling anaerobic power.