If your typical gym session warm-up begins and ends with a casual five-minute jog on the treadmill, you may be short-changing the impact of your workout. To enhance your performance and prepare your ...

Join instructor Paola for a quick and effective full body yoga stretch designed to improve flexibility in less than 15 minutes. This daily routine features essential yoga poses such as Butterfly Pose, ...

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, ...

There are tons of different stretching exercises—you can stretch the whole body, or just focus on specific areas like the legs or hips. There are also static and dynamic stretches. The choice between ...

Prepare your body with these dynamic stretches designed to improve mobility and reduce injury risk before any workout.

You laced up your sneakers (or put on barre socks), had your pre-workout snack and are ready to dive headfirst into your workout. We admire your motivation. However, experts stress it’s vital to ...

Sometimes at the end of a long, stressful day, your upper body might feel more like a claw than a human torso. Sitting for prolonged periods, especially in the crossed-legged pose, and looking at ...

Alyssa Ages is a Toronto-based author, public speaker, and journalist whose work has appeared in Elle, GQ, Self, Slate, The Globe and Mail, and others. She is the author of Secrets of Giants: A ...