Exercise Guides
Forget Random Stretches: Use This Hip Mobility Reset Before You Squat
Most hip mobility routines are too random. They collect stretches from the internet, hold each one for a while, and hope the squat feels better. Sometimes…
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Bodybuilding
Fitness Coach Jeff Cavaliere Shares His Top 5 Stretches for Improved Flexibility & Longevity
ATHLEAN-X founder Jeff Cavaliere’s approach to fitness and longevity goes beyond typical workouts. In a recent video, he broke down his top five stretches for improved…
Stretches
Essential 6-Minute Stretching Sequence for Immediate Muscle Relief
Most people have a “go hard or go home” attitude to exercise. After all, whether you want to build muscle, get strong, burn fat, or improve…
Stretches
Age-Proof Your Body: The Ultimate Guide to Exercises That Prevent Mobility and Muscle Loss
Irrespective of who you are, where you are from, what you do, and how much money you have in your bank account — you will age.…
Mobility & Stretching
10 Best Abs Stretches to Improve Flexibility
Working out, especially strength training, is excellent for your overall health. Regular exercise makes you stronger, builds muscle, reduces injury risk, burns fat, helps maintain optimal…
Stretches
Say Goodbye to Stretching: Relieve Upper Body Tension with This 10-Minute Foam Rolling Routine
I’m a veteran personal trainer and spend most of my working day helping people achieve their fitness goals. Invariably, this involves writing effective programs, guiding my…
Body Mechanics
How a 2-Minute Hanging Habit Transforms Your Body (Science Explained)
When most people think about fitness and achieving their best physique ever, they usually imagine grueling workouts that leave them exhausted for the rest of the…
Stretches
5 Life-Changing Stretches for People Who Sit All Day
While it might sound like alarmist hyperbole, medical and fitness experts agree that sitting is bad for your health. How bad? Research suggests that prolonged sitting…
Stretches
Don’t Skip the Cool Down! 20 Exercises for Better Recovery and Reduced Muscle Soreness
After your workout, you may be tempted to collapse in a heap, head off to the showers, and then enjoy a well-earned protein shake. But before…
Body Mechanics
Say Goodbye to Ankle Injuries: Master Stability, Balance, & Strength with These Exercises
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and for humans, that weak link is often the ankle joint. That’s hardly surprising given the…
Mobility & Stretching
12 Best Post-Run Stretches To Optimize Your Recovery
Did you know that for every 1,000 hours of running, between 2.5 to 12.1 injuries occur? Of these injuries, 50-75% occur due to repetitive movements resulting…
Mobility & Stretching
12 Shoulder Stretches To Relieve Shoulder Tightness
Did you know the shoulder joint is essentially the same structure as placing a golf ball on a golf tee? This means several muscles must work…
Mobility & Stretching
Hip Bursitis: Top 9 Strengthening Exercises and Stretches
One not-so-pleasant day, you get out of bed and experience hip pain. Many can relate to this because hip pain is one of the most common…
Mobility & Stretching
7 Best Stretches Before Squats to Crush Your PRs
Whether you should do static or active stretches before a workout is an ongoing debate in the fitness community. However, after analyzing dozens of data while…
Mobility & Stretching
The 15 Best Pre-Run Stretches To Optimize Performance and Prevent Injury
Do you want to have the best-run workout possible while also preventing injury? Then, you should incorporate sound stretching and mobility into your pre-run routine. As…
Exercise Guides
Unlock Hip Flexibility: Lying Glute Stretch for Optimal Relief
As hard as it may be to imagine your sexy toosh as anything more than an eye magnet, the muscles in your rear end are vitally…
Back
Unlock Flexibility: Fixed Bar Back Stretch for Total Body Relief
A quick internet search for “best back stretches” shows how biased we are towards issues more specifically related to the lower back, and justifiably so as…
Exercise Guides
Unlock Flexibility: Kneeling Hip Flexor Stretch for Key Muscles
After searching high and low, comparing techniques, and spending hours learning hip anatomy, it’s clear that most experts (I’ll toss my pedigree in there as well)…
Exercise Guides
Seated Groin Stretch: Unlock Flexibility for Stronger Hips
A stretch that takes me back to memory lane and one I so dreaded from my Jiu-jitsu and grade school physical education days (But didn’t need…