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How to Avoid Knee Pain
Improving knee strength and mobility can help alleviate pain and irritation while improving performance and quality of life.
Exercises for Lower-Back Pain
Lower-back pain might get you down, but it doesn’t have to take you out. This program can keep you moving to come back stronger than ever.
Kate Mihevc Edwards’ Success Story
When an endurance athlete was diagnosed with a rare genetic heart condition, it forced her to change her entire lifestyle — and offered her the opportunity to really listen to her body.
3 Pelvic-Floor Exercises
Three moves to improve pelvic-floor strength and prevent dysfunction — for men and women.
Should I Work Out With Sore Muscles?
Rather than take a few days off, try light-intensity workouts after about 24 hours.
3 Ankle-Mobility Exercises
Three drills to loosen up your ankles and their kinetic chain.
5 Truths About Self-Care
There are a lot of misconceptions about self-care. Our experts explain why it matters for all of us — and offer self-care tips.
6 Workout Recovery Tools to Try
Here are tools to use at the end of a workout, after an athletic event, or whenever you need to de-stress.
Why Workout Recovery Days Are Essential for Optimal Fitness
The key to getting stronger, faster, or fitter is giving yourself time to recover properly between workouts. Learn how to leverage your rest days to reach your fitness goals.
What’s the Best Way to Build Muscle Mass After an Illness or Injury?
Here’s how to rebuild lost muscle mass after being sick or experiencing an injury.
What Is Overtraining?
Are your workouts leaving you overwhelmed or overly sore? Before you blame it on overtraining syndrome, consider whether one of three more likely scenarios might be to blame.
An Active-Recovery Workout
Hit the reset button with this easy-does-it, recovery-enhancing workout.
4 Stretches You Can Do With a Partner
Put some oomph into your stretching routine with these buddy-assisted moves.
Hamstring Stretches to Release Tension and Improve Flexibility
Three moves to improve your lower-body mobility.
What to Know About Postpartum Exercise
During the “fourth trimester,” it’s important to respect your body’s recovery time and ease back into a fitness routine.
How Exercise Can Relieve Chronic Pain
If you suffer from chronic pain, working out may be the last thing you feel like doing. But exercise can make you feel better — now, and over the long term. Learn how it can support you and tips to get started safely and effectively.
How to Get Rid of a Stiff Neck
A five-minute stretching routine to refresh and relax your neck, shoulders, and upper back.
How to Use a Foam Roller for Your Upper Back
Foam rolling your upper body muscles can be tricky. Our expert’s guidance and foam-roller exercises will help you make the right moves and target back pain.
Do You Have Tendonitis — or Tendinosis?
There are two distinctive tendon injuries: tendonitis and tendinosis. Knowing the difference can help you heal the damage a lot faster.
Loosening Tight Hamstrings
Tight hamstrings can limit your freedom of movement and increase your risk of injury. Here’s how to loosen ’em up with hamstring exercises — including hamstring stretches.