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Flexibility & Mobility

arm bar exercise

How to Do the Arm Bar

Improve shoulder and thoracic-spine mobility with this unilateral move.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsFlexibility & Mobility
A woman lying on her back on a yoga mat with one leg stretched and one knee bent toward her chest.

9 Do-Anywhere Stretches to Ease Back Pain

Try these neck, shoulder, and back stretches when you’re feeling achy.
By Dr. Reza Alizadeh
Body-Weight WorkoutsFlexibility & Mobility
spinal rock

How to Do the Spinal Rock

Use this fun drill to mobilize your spine, massage your back, strengthen your core, and prevent injury. Plus, discover four progressive variations.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsFlexibility & Mobility
An active, older woman in a Pilates class on a Pilates reformer at Life Time.

Becoming a Pilates Believer

The change the cofounder of Life Time’s ARORA program experienced after adding Pilates to her fitness regimen.
By Renée Main
Flexibility & MobilityHealthy Aging
A group of active, older adult women in a dance class.

Finding My Groove Again

How a resurfaced workout playlist sparked this Life Time team member to find fitness — and joy in it — once again.
By Annie Kragness
Flexibility & MobilityHealthy Aging
Woman in triangle pose next to river

3 Moves to Stretch Your Inner Thighs

Mobilize your adductors to improve pelvic positioning and protect against inner-knee and lower-back pain.
By Lauren Bedosky
Fitness TipsFlexibility & Mobility
a woman performs the seated twist

How to Do the Seated Twist

Twisting can help stretch muscles of the torso, restore spinal mobility, stimulate circulation, and support digestion.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsFlexibility & Mobility
a person holds their elbow

3 Moves to Relieve and Prevent Elbow Pain

Tennis elbow doesn’t just affect tennis players. Stay pain-free with these wrist and forearm exercises.
By Lauren Bedosky
Arthritis & Joint HealthFitness Tips
a woman sits on a yoga mat with her legs extended in front and arms out to the side

The Stretching and Mobility Workout

This head-to-toe routine will stretch your muscles, mobilize your joints, and leave you feeling fantastic in five minutes flat.
By Andrew Heffernan
Arthritis & Joint HealthAt-Home Workouts
windmill exercise

4 Rotational Stretches to Ease Back Tension

Rotate your spine safely — and reduce back tension — with these four stretches.
By Andrew Heffernan
Body-Weight WorkoutsFitness Tips
a woman stretches her neck

4 Trapezius Muscle Stretches to Relieve Pain

Release tension in your neck and shoulders with these simple exercises.
By Nicole Radziszewski
Fitness TipsFlexibility & Mobility
a man stretches his tricep while at his desk

6 Exercises to Improve Your Posture

This 15-minute recovery workout, based on moves from the Egoscue Method, will have you standing tall and moving easy.
By Andrew Heffernan
At-Home WorkoutsBody-Weight Workouts
a woman performs an overhead squat

How to Test Your Mobility

The overhead squat is a fundamental move that can help test, assess, and improve your mobility.
By Sarah Tuff
Fitness TipsFlexibility & Mobility
kneeling backbend

How to Do a Kneeling Backbend

Known as Camel Pose in yoga, discover how to move safely into this front-body stretch for an invigorating experience.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsFlexibility & Mobility
cat-cow

How to Do the Cat-Cow

This two-part flow warms and unwinds the body, stretches the core, and mobilizes the entire spine.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsFlexibility & Mobility
a woman holding warrior 2

The Science Behind the Stretch

Why stretching goes beyond just muscles.
By Andrew Heffernan
Fitness TipsFlexibility & Mobility
two people hold extended child's pose

3 Types of Stretching

Building flexibility doesn't have to be complicated.
By Andrew Heffernan
Fitness TipsFlexibility & Mobility
a woman performs cat pose

What Is Targeted Mobility?

This new form of stretching can help close the gap between your passive and active range of motion.
By Andrew Heffernan
Arthritis & Joint HealthFitness Tips
a man holds tree pose

What Is Dynamic Stretching?

If you're looking to take your joints and muscles through their full range of motion, try dynamic stretching.
By Andrew Heffernan
Fitness TipsFlexibility & Mobility
close up of leg running up stairs

How to Stretch and Strengthen Your Calves

Here are four moves to stretch and strengthen your lower legs to avoid pain, stiffness, and cramping.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsFlexibility & Mobility
a woman holds a side lunge

What Is Static Stretching?

The health benefits of static stretching depend on when you do it.
By Andrew Heffernan
Fitness TipsFlexibility & Mobility
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