Athletes who sit at a desk all day are particularly vulnerable to lower-back, joint and muscle tightness. Long bus trips for road games and sitting on the dugout bench between innings can also cause ...

An interesting study explored how strength athletes use deload weeks, and their top three recovery methods. The post Research ...

That pre-workout stretching routine you learned in high school gym class might be sabotaging your performance more than helping it. For decades, fitness culture has promoted stretching myths that ...

You may already know that stretching serves an important role in health and fitness, yet it isn’t always so clear when to stretch, or how. “Stretching is a technique that can be used to prepare the ...

Over the past 20 years, static muscle stretching has gotten a bad rap. Once considered an essential part of any sport or exercise warm-up, static stretching has now been removed from the picture ...

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Athletes and fitness enthusiasts are abandoning traditional warmup routines in favor of targeted breathing exercises that prepare the body more effectively than jogging in place or static stretching.

If you've joined our Start TODAY 30-day walking challenge you have logged almost two weeks worth of daily walks. With your focus on making walking a daily habit, you might not be concerned with ...

In the world of fitness and wellness, there's such a strong focus on strength training, cardio workouts, and of course nutrition. However, one aspect that is sometimes overlooked but is equally ...

Have you been told that static stretching is bad and doesn't prevent injuries? Most of us have been coached to avoid stretching altogether. We either don’t stretch at all before a workout, or use ...