“Adduction” refers to bringing parts of your body (in this case, your legs) toward your body’s midline. Think of adduction as “adding” a body part to your center. Your adductors consist of 5 muscles: ...

Reclining Big Toe Pose can be a warm-up leg stretch or a cool-down pose—either way, it will stretch your hamstrings.

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When starting out on a workout schedule, many people complain of experiencing inner thigh soreness after squats. Well, when performed with sufficient intensity, squats can exert substantial demands on ...

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Are your hamstrings tight? Mine too. I can just barely touch my toes, and that’s after some improvement thanks to semi-regular flexibility work. Tight hamstrings can get in the way of movements like ...

Summertime sends us outside—walking, running, hiking, biking, or standing still trying to catch a breeze. What do these activities have in common? They require us to use the power of our legs. In fact ...

Unless you practice yoga regularly, it can be easy to neglect stretching as a part of your regular workout routine. Sure, you know you should take at least a few minutes to do it daily — or at the ...