It seems like "do stretching" is more commonly used than "do stretches." Is that right? Which one sound better? I want to know which one is used normally.
Plus, are both of these grammatically correct? Or, perhaps do these have some differnces in meaning?
What I want to express is that when I go to the gym, I do some stretches(or stretching[uncountable noun]) for warm-up.
What I have written down is "I start with 5 minutes of walking for warm up, and do some stretching from head to toe then, I begin my strength training."
If there are more parts that sound awkward in the sentence, i would be very grateful to know.
Best Answer
Do with a gerund (like stretching), though grammatical, is not very idiomatic. However, with a quantifier it is completely idiomatic.
So do stretching sounds odd ;but do some stretching (or a bit of stretching or a lot of stretching) is fine.
Now I think of it, the same is true for the nominal stretches: do some stretches (or do a few stretches) is much more natural than do stretches.
I think the difference between do some stretches and do some stretching is that the latter sounds less organised, and possibly less intentional. But the difference in meaning is not great.