stretch

Stretching is an often overlooked, though extremely crucial, component of a healthy lifestyle. The benefits of stretching are numerous, and combine to give you a general all-round good feeling. For one, stretching increases your flexibility, making you more comfortable in your body and helping you to conserve your energy more effectively when moving around.

These days, stretching is not only a controversial issue amongst runners, but other athletes alike.  People have different views on whether you should stretch before a workout or after a work out and how long to hold the stretches. What it comes down to is that regardless of the how, why, when, and for how long, stretching yields great health benefits.