Over the decades, we’ve had numerous interesting warm-up theories that no longer stand up to the research on injury ...

A new wave of research is showing what the old gym myths about stretching got wrong—and what you really need to do to reap its benefits.

You’re at the gym doing your usual pre-workout warmup. You reach down to touch your toes to stretch your hamstrings, you pull your foot to your butt to stretch your quads, and you sit down into a ...

Get the blood flowing and muscles firing with these six warm-up stretches for runners to prevent injury and feel your best.

As you head into the gym, you likely already have a workout plan in mind. Maybe you’re taking a light jog on the treadmill, or you’re working on some bicep curls on arm’s day. To get the most out of ...

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Stretching is a fixed part of many people’s exercise routines. New research, however, shows that its effects are often ...

Remember when your high school gym teacher made everyone touch their toes before running laps? Turns out, they might have been leading you astray all along. That pre-workout stretching ritual you’ve ...

There are tons of different stretching exercises—you can stretch the whole body, or just focus on specific areas like the legs or hips. There are also static and dynamic stretches. The choice between ...

One common myth is that stretching lengthens muscles. In reality, muscles are not lengthened by stretching; their elasticity ...