A growing body of research confirms what many fitness experts have long known: the warm-up phase is not just a formality but a crucial step in maximizing workout performance and preventing injuries.

Get the blood flowing and muscles firing with these six warm-up stretches for runners to prevent injury and feel your best.

Whether training for a marathon, fitting in a quick gym session after work, or running onto the footy field for a professional match, it seems that the warm-up might be just as important as the ...

Warming up before physical activity has been around as long as people have engaged in organized sports and exercise. It has been reported that the athletes in ancient Greece and Rome would perform ...

Starting your workout with some gentle movement can help avoid injuries. Starting your workout with some gentle movement can help avoid injuries. Credit... Supported by By Cindy Kuzma Videos by ...

You get to the gym and check your watch: You have an hour to fit in a workout before your busy day beckons. The temptation—understandably—is to dive right into the good stuff. The heavy lifting or ...

Warming up significantly improves muscle performance, particularly speed and power, by increasing muscle temperature. Both passive heat methods and light exercise warm-ups work, but mimicking the ...

If you’re one of those gym goers who jump straight into the heavy stuff, it might be time to rethink your strategy. It turns out that those first few minutes of warm up before the workout aren’t ...

Could Philippides Have Been Saved? According to legend, the messenger died after running 40 kilometers to announce news of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. What if he had followed current health ...