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The best dynamic warm-up stretches for runners

Get the blood flowing and muscles firing with these six warm-up stretches for runners to prevent injury and feel your best.
Stretching after a run helps to promote blood flow to the muscles, which enables them to repair and recover more quickly from the workout. It also helps to remove lactic acid and waste products and ...
Similar to what you should eat before and after a run, or what type of recovery strategies can improve performance, stretching can fall into a gray area—the kind filled with contradictory advice and ...
Have you ever considered yoga for runners? Yoga has many benefits that extend beyond maintaining flexibility. Yoga can help you sleep better, improve your concentration, increase your stamina, help ...
If you can’t touch your toes without seriously bending your knees, that could be a problem. In fact, it’s a clear sign your hamstrings are tight – and that means it’s time to stretch. But even if you ...
A well-balanced training plan has different workouts focused on speed, strength and endurance--stretching is your behind-the-scenes tool to making sure you run faster, stronger and farther. But there ...
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 ...
Ripps suggests doing simple self-checks, like high knee marches, which can reveal if your hip flexors are doing their part in ...
If you’re a runner, you may warm up with some dynamic hamstring stretches and reward your glutes and quads with a little foam rolling action when you’re done. But how often are you doing hip flexor ...
As part of his training regimen for the Boston Marathon, WMUR’s Sean McDonald found a local place to take his muscles and body to a new level.Sean’s training journey brought him to StretchLab in ...
Morning exercises for hip strength after 55, with PT-led guidance and trainer tips to build stable, strong hips.