While it is important to focus on the main workout, remembering that the body needs proper preparation before intense ...

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

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 ...

Even though warming up before a workout can sometimes feel like a chore if you’re raring to jump right in, you’ve probably heard its virtues extolled ad nauseam: Proper warm-ups can boost your ...

I never skip a warm-up before a run, even if it’s just a couple of lunges here and a few dead bugs there, but I’m not as disciplined before a weights workout. Recently I tried this leg day warm-up ...

Whether you're working on your deadlift PR, getting ready for a jog, or training for (gasp!) your first pull-up, warm-ups are nonnegotiable. It doesn't matter your fitness level or age either, says ...

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 ...

Warm-ups, they say, are as important as the workout itself; a ritual of stretching, jogging, and deep breathing before you began. Though it feels a bit old-school, you may dismiss it as habit rather ...

Over the decades, we’ve had numerous interesting warm-up theories that no longer stand up to the research on injury ...