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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.
A lot of runners will be familiar with the dreaded groin strain: a tenderness around the groin area or inner thigh that can feel like a sharp, twinging pain. Although not a serious injury, groin ...
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, ...
It’s not that stretching your legs before a run is a bad thing – Yale Medicine recommends doing some dynamic stretches before you start to jog, and trying static stretches afterwards – it’s just that ...
If you can’t touch your toes without seriously bending your knees, that could be a problem. In fact, it’s a clear sign your hamstrings are tight – and that means it’s time to stretch. But even if you ...
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.
“Doing duck walks in your warmups are a good bang-for-your-buck warmup exercise,” Wickham says. “They improve your muscle ...