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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.
Runners rejoice! Coaches Rhandi Orme and Quan Bailey visit SELF to take you through an invigorating 5-minute dynamic warm-up to get your muscles limber and ready. Dynamic warm-ups help prevent injury, ...
For decades, it was thought that static stretching before exercise or sport helped to improve mobility of the muscles and joints thus reducing risk of injury. But, over the last 10 years, a dynamic ...
Every runner knows the first few minutes out the door can feel the most challenging. But there’s a surefire way to make your run feel better from the start and to stay stronger until the end: Kicking ...
When you’re gearing up for a run or workout, your warm-up might be an afterthought. You may even skip a pre-run routine altogether so that you can get straight to your effort. However, running coaches ...
Real talk: The only actual warm-up mistake you can make is not doing one at all. But if you’re looking to build muscle, boost your range of motion, and start your workouts off on the right foot (read: ...
When was the last time you skipped your running warm-up? If you're like a lot of people, it won't be that long ago. In fact, you might be scratching your head trying to remember the last time you did ...
Over the decades, we’ve had numerous interesting warm-up theories that no longer stand up to the research on injury ...
Instead of stretching, pick a few key moves to properly prepare your body for your workout. Credit...Nicholas Sansone for The New York Times Supported by By Cindy Kuzma Twenty-plus years ago, a ...