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You can always slightly cut back on your active exercise time to incorporate flexibility work. For example, if you usually ...
“Sitting all day can lead to issues like poor blood flow and tight hamstrings because your knees stay bent, while the top of ...
Stiffness in your hips can be brought about by a number of reasons. Along with extended periods of sitting—whether it’s behind a desk or on the couch—repetitive movement patterns, like completing ...
Have you ever skipped stretching exercises to do the main workout directly, or finished a challenging workout and rushed straight to the shower, skipping the stretch? You’re not alone. Unfortunately, ...
Toward the end of an early morning safety briefing, the foreman turns to their stretching champion and asks, “You ready?” The stretching champion confidently steps out as the crew members circle ...
We conducted a meta-analysis to clarify the acute effects of dynamic and ballistic stretching on flexibility in healthy participants. Flexibility significantly increases after an acute bout of dynamic ...
7 Dynamic Stretches to Prepare for Your Upper Body Workout Before any upper-body-focused workout, Malek suggests doing dynamic stretches that target the arms and shoulders, the thoracic, cervical ...
Dynamic stretching is a potent weapon in the arsenal of improving flexibility and prepping the body for activity. Unlike static stretching, dynamic routines involve active movement which helps in ...
For example, some of the dynamic hip flexor stretches are good to do before a workout, while the static stretches can be done after a workout or worked into your day as microbreaks.
Dynamic stretching entails active movements that raise body temperature and blood flow, priming muscles for exercise and everyday activities. Contrary to static stretching where you hold a stretch ...
A physical therapist and fitness coach recommends resistance band ab exercises for improved core strength and more engaging workouts overall.