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1 5 Good Morning Stretches
Running
2 Post-Run Stretching Sequence
Running
3 RX For Low Back Pain: Stretch Your Hip Flexors
Fitness
4 Stretchy When Wet: Stretches to Do in the Shower
How To
5 Stretch It: Kneeling Quad Stretch Against a Wall
Fitness
6 5 Moves to Kick Off Your Morning
How To
7 Stretch It: Deltoids
Stretching
8 Beyond the Basics: Inner Thigh Stretches
Yoga
9 One Leg Is Less Flexible, Is This Normal?
Fitness
10 The Lowdown on Warming Up For Workouts and Races
Stretching
11 What's the Deal With: PNF Stretching
Stretching
12 Why Bouncing and Stretching Don't Mix
Fitness
13 How to Stretch It Out After Indoor Cycling Class
healthy living
14 DrSugar Answers: How Can I Exercise After Surgery?
Fitness
15 Avoid the Hamstring Cramp When Stretching Your Quads
Fitness
16 Stretch Before or After Cardio?
Strength Training
17 This Exercise Works What?
How To
18 Stretching the Pregnancy Pain Away
Is one of your legs always stiffer and won't stretch or move as far as the other one? You're not alone. Flexibility and range of motion differences between the sides of our bodies is very common. The problem is, this can set you up for an injury. In general, we all have a dominant leg just as most folks have a dominant hand. If you notice one leg is more flexible than the other, it means you're Read more
When it comes to a healthy lifestyle, there are many elements that make up the puzzle. Besides just sweating it out, staying fit requires a healthy diet, sticking to a pre- and post-workout routine, and making sure that you get all the nutrients you need. Of course, staying the healthy course is hard work, and many times all of us are guilty of letting something fall by the wayside. During your Read more
You've fit in intense 20-minute workouts and slaved away in spin class all week. So when it comes to your rest day, help your body rehab by stretching or taking yoga — it'll complement your normal workout routine to keep you on the right track. A light workout like yoga will complement all the calorie-burning, high-intensity exercises you do in your workout. That's because stretching your Read more
A proper warmup starts your workout on the right foot, prepping both your muscles and lungs for what's to come. Once the staple of readying the body for exercise, stretching has fallen under scrutiny of late. Studies have found that static stretching, holding the stretch for 30 seconds to two minutes, is basically a wash as it neither causes nor prevents injury. And if your workout involves Read more
The shower is an excellent place to stretch. I stretch in line at the grocery store and I do stretches in my bed, so why not stretch in the shower? I turn on the soothing hot water, close my eyes, and do these simple stretches as the warm water relaxes my muscles. Give them a try next time you hop in the shower. Read more
During my high school track days, no runs would start without first a team stretch. We performed all the stretching staples to help relax and release our quads, hamstrings, and upper-body muscles, and only then after would we be allowed to hit the track. Back then, we were told to do stretches in order to warm up our muscles and get them ready to hit the ground running. Now when I run, I Read more
After a weekend spent doing Pilates and ballet-inspired workouts, I experienced a type of muscle soreness that was entirely new to me — my inner thighs (aka adductors) were on fire. While I have a series of stretches that I do after every workout, I now realize that none of them really target this often overlooked area. If you've also been neglecting your inner thighs the way I have, here are a Read more
It could be my dancing background, or my love of yoga, but stretching is the icing on the cake of a great workout (I badly mixed a dessert metaphor with exercise, but sometimes I exercise with cake on the brain). After sweaty strength-training sessions, my Equinox trainer Lauren stretches me out, making me feel like an important athlete. Lauren helps me lengthen my hip flexors, hamstrings, quads, Read more
Indoor cycling offers an hour of sweaty cardio goodness. Your legs power this workout, so it’s best to stretch those tired muscles as soon as you hop off your stationary bike. In fact, that stable bike makes for a great stretching partner. If you only have two minutes to spare on flexibility training, you should focus on your hamstrings and quads. Start with your hamstrings by resting one heel Read more
I have never been a fan of stretching before a run and prefer a dynamic warmup instead. I like to get my blood moving first and save the stretching for a post-run treat. I also feel like stretching a cold muscle can lead to pulls and tears in the tissue. There's another camp that feels quite the opposite: that not stretching before running can cause muscle injury. Well a new study proves us all Read more
