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Favorite stretches?

After seeing the fuzz speech, I'd like to incorporate more motions / stretching into my day without having to go full yogi. Ideally looking for some sort of 5 minute full body sup …
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Post workout: eating vs. stretching

Has anyone got any information about if and how stretching impacts muscle glycogen restoration, whether negatively or positively? I have found myself munching away for 20 minutes a …
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How to improve general mobility?

We just had the "How important is it to stretch" question, but to me the real question is how we should stretch, or, more generally, how do we improve mobility? For me, static st …
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What’s your opinion on stretching? Do you stretch?

After reading some articles on the negative effects of stretching I stopped stretching all together about 3 months ago. The soreness in my legs has been pretty terrible for the pa …
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Stomach stretch with IF?

When I try to IF, I end up eating all the calories I would eat within one day anyway in the allotted amount of hours; so much that it feels like my stomach is stretching because I …
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Diet and flexibility

I'm making a concerted effort to improve my flexibility and functional strength to prevent injuries in the future. It's slow going and pretty painful. Are there any diet or supplem …
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Static, passive and active stretching (Yoga) and Paleo physical activities

Just to make sure I have the right foundation. Paleo physical activities are: hiking, walking, weight lifting, sprinting and other anaerobics. Low intensity or short high intensity …
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Vibram toe pain

So after reading about vibram KSOs i started running differently and after about three 4km runs with my different running style i bought a pair. The first run felt amazing except f …
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Best & fastest hack to become flexible/limber?

I want to become significantly more flexible than I am now. Sitting in front of a laptop 20 out 24 hours, definitely not helping. :( My main, hyper-tight areas are psoas, hip fl …
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Physical flexibility - what role does it play in our health?

Being flexible - are there health benefits? Being too flexible - health benefits or negative effects? Should we stretch everyday? If so, why?
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Do you still use painkillers such as tylenol and advil?

I returned to the gym after an eight-month hiatus on Monday, and I'm STILL sore. If any of you are familiar with Body Pump, that's what I did. Even though you stretch afterwards a …
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Evidence that pre workout stretching decreases injury?

A while back, I was reading about some studies in which they tried to find evidence for the commonly held assumption that stretching before exercise decreases the liklihood of inju …
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mitigating soreness

what hacks/techniques do use pre/during/post workout to help mitigate* soreness after a tough workout? some stuff that has worked for me (mostly taken from MA days): -cold water …