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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.
I'll be the first to admit that I used to skip any sort of pre-workout stretch. But it turns out, I was seriously missing out. Dynamic stretching before a sweat sesh is key for optimizing performance, ...
Dynamic warm-ups involve moving the body through a range of motion, which helps to increase blood flow to the muscles and improve flexibility. Unlike static stretching, which involves holding a ...
“Doing duck walks in your warmups are a good bang-for-your-buck warmup exercise,” Wickham says. “They improve your muscle ...
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.
In the last week before a marathon, many runners feel compelled to intensify their training. Yet, Dr. He suggests a tapering period of 7 to 9 days prior to the race. Tapering is a strategic reduction ...
It impacts your workout performance more than you’d think. Static stretching before workouts may reduce explosive performance and vertical jump. Experts recommend dynamic warmups like 4-way lunges and ...
Over the decades, we’ve had numerous interesting warm-up theories that no longer stand up to the research on injury ...
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