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The Workout: Restorative Yoga (Video)
By Experience Life StaffSoothe tight, tired muscles and recharge your body and mind with these yoga-inspired moves.
Recovery
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8 Moves to Boost Back Resiliency
By Andrew HeffernanRelieve your sore spine with these accessible exercises.
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The Workout: Prehab Your Body
By Andrew HeffernanInjury-proof yourself with these prehabilitation mobility moves.
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Expert Answers: Back Hurting After Yoga Class
By Karla Walsh, NASM-CPT, AFAAWhy does my back hurt after yoga class?
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Study Shows How High Heels Affect Muscle Development and Balance
By Craig CoxRegular wearers of high heels may be sacrificing the health of their ankles.
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Fitness Fix: Improve Your Shoulder Mobility
By Nicole Radziszewski2 exercises to improve your shoulder mobility.
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How to Give a Neck Massage in 5 Simple Steps
By Heidi WachterThis Valentine’s Day, surprise your partner (or anyone you love!) with the gift of a relaxing neck massage.
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Fitness Fix: Building Better Ankle Mobility
By Maggie Fazeli FardThink you can’t squat because of a bad back? Tight hips? Weak knees? You may want to look lower down in the kinetic chain — the problem may just be tight ankles.
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On a Roll
By Experience Life StaffAccording to a new study, two minutes of foam rolling enhances flexibility just as much as static stretching.
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The Art of Recovery Q&A With Matt Dixon (Full Interview)
By Experience Life StaffMatt Dixon, MSc, the author of The Well-Built Triathlete explains the essence of recovery.
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The Recovery Zone
By Alisa BaumanSmart athletes know when to back off their hardcore training to rest and recover. Do you? The fitness gains you’re working so hard for can’t happen without some strategic breaks.
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How to Loosen Early-Morning Body Stiffness
By Bryan Krahn, CSCSTwo stretching drills to help mitigate morning-movement woes.
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The Desk-Dweller’s Repair Plan (Video)
By Experience Life StaffFollow along as our fitness editor, Maggie Fazeli Fard, shows you how to undo the damage of too much sitting with these eight exercises.
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The Desk-Dweller’s Repair Plan
By Andrew HeffernanTired of hunched shoulders, a sore back, and tight hips? These six moves are a great cure for the common computer slouch.
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Fitness Fix: How to Correct Computer Slouch
By Nicole RadziszewskiTwo exercises to help undo damage of poor posture.
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Learning From Injury
By Chris BallardWhy sports writer Chris Ballard (almost) wishes he’d been injured years earlier.
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Watermelon Power
By Experience Life StaffNew science supports the old notion that drinking watermelon juice eases postexercise muscle soreness.
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Show Me How: The Hip Hinge (Video)
By Experience Life StaffLearn how to do the hip hinge, one of the most common moves of everyday life.
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Anti-Cancer Activity
By Experience Life StaffRegular physical activity has been shown to help enhance cancer recovery by rebuilding patients’ immune systems after chemotherapy.
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The All-Purpose Warm-Up (Video)
By Experience Life StaffLooking for a dynamic warm-up you can do before any workout, game or competition? All you need is the All-Purpose Warm-Up.
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Hip Flexor Stretch With Susan Bianchi (Video)
By Experience Life StaffSusan Bianchi, a Ki-Hara resistance-stretching instructor, demonstrates how to strengthen and stretch your hip flexors.