Ease muscle tension and relax your mind before bed with these pajama-friendly stretches. Ever make the effort to get to bed at a decent hour only to experience a war of attrition with the clock on your nightstand? Its numbers silently tick away while you attempt to quell jumpy legs and a racing mind that pauses...
The weak link for many trainers is their hips. Incorporating lizard pose into your post-workout stretching is a great way to open the hip flexors and hamstrings for better flexibility and mobility. Your hips are likely among the least flexible portions of your body, yet hip flexibility actually improves your overall training ability, training form, cardio...
Weary of all the research that links stretching to injury? Follow the six rules below to make sure you’re doing it safely and effectively.You don’t need to be able to break out into the splits on cue, but the first step to having a more limber body comes with understanding some general guidelines. The problem?...
Age ain’t nothin’ but a number … until you reach a certain number, anyway, and all of a sudden your body just doesn’t, well … feel the same. Or work out the same, for that matter. via GIPHY In case that’s you — and, hey, it’s us too as we stare down 40 — we...
Wish you had better posture? It may just be a stretch (or four!) away. Learn how to improve your posture from Sukie Baxter, a posture and movement specialist and the author of Perfect Posture for Life. Sukie helps people change their lives by changing the way they move. Download her free guide to easing aches...
Will is a dad of three, a runner, writer and teacher who never stops moving. And today he's here to share with us the importance of systemization, letter writing, and getting outdoors.Powered by WPeMatico...
Welcome to Friday’s For The Love of Food, Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup. Quick announcement: I’ll be at the Fireside conference Sept 6-9 in Canada, and doing a live podcast on stage with the venerable Yoni Freedhoff. Would love to see you there! Short list this week. Your spit helps you quit picky eating, breakfast boosts carb burning,...
Wish you were more limber and flexible? Hey, us, too, which is why we’re sharing this guest post on how to really become more flexible from Rachael Schultz of Elev8d Fitness. According to her research, it’s not about stretching more … it’s all about alignment. And it’s so interesting. Forget Stretching: Alignment Is the Key, By Rachael...