Stretching to reach your toes was a common daily warmup in our childhood PE classes. That said, as adults, it can be harder to get around to stretching or know how to do it correctly. However, stretching has several benefits beyond feeling oh-so-good on those tight muscles. That may be one reason more people are […]
Tatyana McFadden is a household name at the Paralympics. After all, she’s qualified for and competed at seven of them—six summer Paralympics and one winter Paralympics. The 35-year-old Marylander is a prolific wheelchair racer, competing in a range of track and field and road racing distances—the 100-meter sprint, 400-meter sprint, 800-meter sprint, the 4×100 relay, […]
The ups and even the downs of learning a new skill in volleyball is one of Nicky Nieves’s favorite things about the sport. Nieves, one of Team USA’s flag bearers for the 2024 Paralympic Games, is a middle blocker on the women’s sitting volleyball team. She says the struggle makes the success all the sweeter. […]
Grabbing a barbell or a pair of dumbbells may be your go-to for glute day, but you shouldn’t shy away from the cable machine when you’re trying to build a stronger backside. Your glutes consist of three main muscles: the gluteus maximus (the largest of the group), gluteus medius, and gluteus minimus, says Or Artzi, […]
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