Results For Category: "stretching"

Dumbbels lifting at the gym
a white person on their knees back bending with a pillow supporting them under their upper back.

Tight Hip Flexor Relief

Get Some Relief for Your Tight Hip Flexors Do your hip flexors feel chronically tight no matter how much you stretch them? Do you foam roll them, hoping they'll loosen...
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person stretching in lateral squat position

Pre-run warm-ups

Step out on the right foot Last month I wrote about strength training exercises that are great to add to your running regimen to keep your body healthy and strong....
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Hey bendy people! Managing hypermobility for circus (part two)

“You mean push-ups don’t have to feel horrible?” She looked so relieved. Welcome back for part two! (Here’s a link to part one if you missed it) Circus is awesome....
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Things that have me rethinking flexibility, mobility and stretching: breathing for better...

Let’s begin with a brief recap of part one. Stretching can be an effective way of improving flexibility. (Sort of). Of course, by stretching, I mean static stretching where you...
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Dear Circus Artist/Athletes, Please Stop Doing This Stretch

For some of you, this may be difficult to hear. I know you like this one and it probably feels satisfyingly good…it’s just that it probably isn’t stretching what you...
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Finding your Front Splits (part 2)

In Finding your Front Splits (part 1) I wrote about how to improve your split flexibility with various static stretches. In part 2, I am going to write about some other ways you...
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