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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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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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Fitness Fix: 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.
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Exercise Early, Sleep Better
By Experience Life StaffWorking out this morning will help you sleep better tonight.
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Take a Breather
By Experience Life StaffGetting fit doesn’t have to mean intensive, hourlong cardio sessions.
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Smart Stretching
By Nicole RadziszewskiEveryday activities take a toll on our bodies, tightening our muscles and limiting our range of motion in potentially painful ways. This simple stretch routine can help undo the damage.
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Hip Stretches for Mobility and Strength
By Andrew HeffernanKeep your hips happy and fit for a lifetime.
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The Hip, Hip, Hooray Workout (Video)
By Experience Life StaffUse these strength moves to keep you hip joints strong and mobile.