I'm always working on a side quest, from getting certified in an obscure professional trade (airbrush tanning) to developing a new skill (just because I live in Manhattan doesn't mean I can't learn to ...

Move over CrossFit, yoga and Peloton. Stretching sessions are the hot revival fitness fad. Studios like StretchLab, Stretch Zone, Lymbr and Stretch’d are popping up in strip malls and street corners, ...

Like most fitness activities, stretching requires a certain amount of discipline and willpower. It's not an activity that happens by accident, so an intentional effort must be made to create an ...

Flexibility is not typically a top priority for exercisers, unless they have had a musculoskeletal concern in the past. It is perhaps the most overlooked area of fitness, but flexibility is a critical ...

For many people of a certain age, high school gym class began with reaching for their toes. Then, over the years, we were told it was better to stretch after exercise. It turns out, both those things ...

Free group fitness classes through LIVE FOR LIFE provide opportunities for staff and faculty to try new workouts Earlier this fall, Vail Crumpler was looking for ways to get more active, but she ...

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