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REAL-News --November-20202Feb 27

February 27, 2017 By Irv Rubenstein

The Science of Overstretching: Where Yoga Outdoes Running

Several years ago, when Eddie George was the Tennessee Titans heralded running back – for all good reasons, I might add – he took up yoga from a friend of mine. This instructor capitalized on Eddie’s work with her, and Eddie presumably capitalized on the benefits of stretching… a lot. Now, I can’t say whetherRead More

Filed Under: General News Tagged With: fitness, flexibility, flexibility training, Stretching

REAL News - November 2018Feb 09

February 9, 2017 By Irv Rubenstein

The Science and Fad of Stretching

What’s the common theme in these pictures? No, guys, it’s not that they are all women stretching. Jeez. It’s that they are all stretching exercises. And they are variations of ones many exercisers do before or after a run or a class. But if you buy into stretching for reasons other than what it canRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: benefits of stretching, flexibility training, Stretching, stretching exercises

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