Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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 ...

For many people of a certain age, high school gym class began with reaching for their toes. Then, over the years, we were told it was better to stretch after exercise. It turns out, both those things ...

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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I coach mobility classes for a living, and these are my five favorite stretches for building strength and flexibility in my ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. When should you ...

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 ...

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

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