Running is one of my favorite ways to sweat, but there is a dark side to my healthy exercise habit: I don’t stretch! This makes me prone to tight legs, achy joints, and a nagging pain in my left hip.

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No matter your preferred type of exercise, stretching and warming up can help loosen tight muscles, increase your blood ...

These moves will prep your lower body and help you avoid injury Whether you’re running, biking, or climbing, your workout should always begin with a basic bodyweight warm-up to prime your muscles and ...

The stretches for glutes that help take the edge off of a really intense leg day. Here, pros walk us through the ones to know now. Whether you kickbox, spin, or do scrambled eggs on a Megaformer, ...

Your hip flexors are a group of muscles at the top of your thighs, below your hip bones, that are key players in moving your lower body. They let you bend at your hips and lift your knees, movements ...

There are ways to improve circulation in your legs, no matter what your level of activity — even if you’re lying in bed. We look at specific moves that are useful and include non-exercise tips to help ...

If you do workouts that engage your lower body, odds are your hamstrings are going to feel tight and sore at some point. To relieve that annoying (and borderline painful!) tension, you should stretch ...

I love the feel of a barbell between my hands. And thanks to my CrossFit coaches and community of kick-butt, strong-ass ladies, I'm totally inspired to add extra plates to my bar and lift heavy. I ...