If you find that muscle stiffness or joint pain prevents you from starting your day on the right foot, developing a morning stretch routine could be what your day is missing. “After a night of ...
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Even if you spend the entire night sleeping on your back, (the most doctor-approved sleeping position), you probably wake up feeling a little creaky and stiff. Any prolonged time you spend being ...
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.
So many of us push hard for our health, logging miles, hitting bench PRs, and meeting our daily protein goals, only to underrecover. If you constantly feel stiff or sore, it is a clear sign your body ...
Taking a moment to slow down your body and quiet your mind through stretching can be a beneficial step to add to your bedtime routine, movement experts say. "Throughout the day, we accumulate tension ...
Full-body stretching is a great way to become more flexible, increase mobility, and decrease pain. While there are a variety of moves that can help address certain issues (like lower back pain), a ...
Sure, pressing heavy dumbbells over your head is downright badass. But if your shoulders creak like an old floorboard or your hips feel like they need an oil change, that PR won’t be *quite* as ...
Being a fitness writer is a great gig that allows me to fill my time trying out new gear and workouts on the job, but although it's an active role, I still spend a lot of my time sitting behind a ...
Jakob Roze, CSCS, is a health writer and high-end personal trainer. He is the founder and CEO of RozeFit, a high-end concierge personal training practice and online blog. Most people will experience ...
One November morning, a brutal hamstring cramp stopped my life cold. What followed was unexpected: a two-minute daily ...
Mobility is how freely and easily your body moves. It's easy to measure and improve your mobility to get all the benefits ...