So, go for an exercise routine to combat ageing. While many people focus on cardio for weight loss, strength training and flexibility exercises are equally important for maintaining vitality.

If you consider strength training as anything that makes your ... Two of the biggest benefits harken back to barre’s balletic roots: flexibility and balance. Right alongside those strength ...

Regular stretching offers a number of important benefits: it reduces tension, improves flexibility ... need to switch up your strength and stretch training to help find out the root cause of ...

Perhaps that’s where the trope of big and strong muscles lacking flexibility comes from. But, as with many of the myths around strength training, there’s not much evidence to back up the fact ...

Background Reduced flexibility has been documented in athletes with lower limb injury, however stretching has limited evidence of effectiveness in preventing injury or reducing the risk of recurrence.

Correspondence to: Darryl J Cochrane Massey University, Sport and Exercise, Palmerston North, New Zealand; d.cochranemassey.ac.nz Objective: To quantify the acute effect of whole body vibration (WBV) ...