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The best dynamic warm-up stretches for runners

Get the blood flowing and muscles firing with these six warm-up stretches for runners to prevent injury and feel your best.
Runners rejoice! Coaches Rhandi Orme and Quan Bailey visit SELF to take you through an invigorating 5-minute dynamic warm-up to get your muscles limber and ready. Dynamic warm-ups help prevent injury, ...
You are living in the fitness stone age if you are still running on a treadmill or holding static stretches to warm-up for your workout or sporting event. I think of the dynamic warm-up as fitness ...
Your schedule is already full with swimming, biking, and running, so when you have strength training days it's easy to just jump right in and get it done. But by skipping your strength training ...
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The modern, informed runner knows that before they start their run, they need to do some sort of warm-up. We’re not talking about static stretching, but rather something dynamic. I’ve been coaching ...
The Dynamic Warm-up prepares the body for dynamic exercise (walking, jogging, running, etc.). The Dynamic Warm-up raises body temperature, increases blood flow to the muscles, and lubricates the ...
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What is the best way to warm up before running? How to do a dynamic warm-up and why you should. Many runners believe that stretching muscles before running is a good idea. A commonly held belief is ...