If you engage in any sort of athletic endeavor, you know that any stretching you do tends to emphasize the lower body, if you even stretch at all. It makes sense: Your hamstrings, quads, and calves ...

To round out your warm-up routine, we've rounded up the absolute best stretches that we've learned from fitness experts in 2019. As the clock ticks into a new decade, we’re taking a moment to revisit ...

When your shoulders feel stiff, stretching might seem like the obvious answer. But in many cases, stretching is just a temporary fix rather than a real solution — and when it comes to the shoulders, ...

Stand up straight with arms at your sides, then bend your knees slightly and hinge at your hips. Slowly lift your arms out to ...

Recent advances in exercise physiology and biomechanics have refined our understanding of how diverse stretching techniques affect muscle properties. Contemporary studies have compared resistance ...

Do you ever feel like you resemble one of those rubber band balls? Like you’re all twisted inward and your neck and shoulders are interwoven in a tight, ropey mess? Looking at screens and staying in ...

Sitting at a desk all day wreaks havoc on your entire body, leading to tight neck and shoulder muscles and a sore back. While getting up and walking around every hour can help, these simple stretches ...

If you have been strength training for at least a few years you have most likely experienced a strength plateau in which you rarely increase your exercise weightloads or repetitions. If, like me, you ...

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron takes off from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 6, 2014, during RED FLAG-Alaska 15-1. RF-A is a ...

Editor’s note: Dana Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body ...