Eli5 why does doing stretches prior to working out make you perform better and less likely to be injured?

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Eli5 why does doing stretches prior to working out make you perform better and less likely to be injured?

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I’m not convinced that there is good evidence of the benefit of stretching for performance.

I get the impression that it is probably good for the opposite case – when you are sitting/sedentary/relaxing, taking a break to stretch can be good to mitigate the downsides of sitting around too long.