Get the blood flowing and muscles firing with these six warm-up stretches for runners to prevent injury and feel your best.

Similar to what you should eat before and after a run, or what type of recovery strategies can improve performance, stretching can fall into a gray area—the kind filled with contradictory advice and ...

Preparing for a marathon takes time, effort, motivation, stamina, and consistency. Maybe you’ve been practicing your race-day routine and building your running base over time by gradually increasing ...

Stretching after a run helps to promote blood flow to the muscles, which enables them to repair and recover more quickly from the workout. It also helps to remove lactic acid and waste products and ...

During a tough run, it’s easy to find yourself counting down the minutes until the cool down. But when the glorious moment arrives, it’s also pretty tempting to skip stretching in favor of chugging ...

Running with stiff, tight muscles is not only hard, but it can also set you up for injury if you make it a habit. So doing a few running stretches regularly to maintain or improve your flexibility and ...

Hip mobility has never been my strong point. I had incredibly tight hips before I became a runner and now I run most days the situation has only gotten worse. Watching me try to sit cross-legged will ...

When someone is feeling pain or soreness in a body part, such as the hamstrings, it is natural to believe that stretching things out can help relieve some of it. There are certainly important benefits ...