Stretching Workouts for Women

Forget having to learn a separate sequence for warm-up, cool-down, or recovery. These 8 poses targeting runners’ most-used muscles will help keep your body happy and injury-free.

The connection may not be obvious to most, but better mobility means more strength in the long run.

Spend a lot of time staring down at screens? These stretches and exercises can help strengthen your neck and upper-back muscles, improving your posture and alignment.

What movements and workouts benefit mobility versus flexibility?

Overcome the stress and strain of long hours on a plane or in a car with this handful of moves guaranteed to keep your muscles happy.

Learn how to let go of stress and reset your body anywhere in just minutes with these five moves.

The fitness space is flooded with products, potions and protocols promising to optimize your recovery from training.

Use these five simple moves to improve mobility and incite total-body harmony anywhere in your home.

Three stretches you should never do — and what to do instead.

Tabata is not just for high-intensity interval training — this routine uses it to mobilize and elongate.

Improve blood flow, increase range of motion and relieve stress in less than five minutes with this five-part stretch for women.

Ease muscle tension and relax your mind before bed with these pajama-friendly stretches.

The weak link for many trainers is their hips. Incorporating lizard pose into your post-workout stretching is a great way to open the hip flexors and hamstrings for better flexibility and mobility.

Bring your heart rate down this summer with these cool-down exercises that require virtually no equipment.

Use this mobility sequence to improve form, strength and performance.

Do this 10-minute routine to release stress, improve oxygen uptake and elevate your mood.

Untie the knots that are holding you back by releasing these five problem areas.

Use these five simple stretches to improve digestion.

No longer just for the gym, you can reap the benefits of stretching throughout your entire day.

Use these five mobilizing moves to decrease pain, improve performance and prevent injury.

Incorporate this inner-/outer-thigh warm-up to enhance form and boost performance.

These four essential dynamic stretches will keep your hamstrings happy, healthy and injury-free.

Engage your entire posterior chain while getting a killer stretch with this multifunctional move.

Prime your body for a great workout and improve functional flexibility with these dynamic stretching routines.

Loosen knots and relieve muscle stiffness with these five foam-rolling moves.

One of the most important steps you can take towards true fitness doesn’t happen during the cardio or weight-training portion of your workout. Here’s how stretching can make you stronger, healthier and fitter.

With all of the squats and lunges you do, your glutes need a little TLC. Show your booty some love with this stretch to prevent postworkout soreness.

Lacking mobility? It may be getting in the way of your fitness goals.

Ease those aching muscles and speed up your recovery with these 6 foam roller exercises.

Improve balance, flexibility and whole-body strength — no matter what your sport — with these yoga poses.

Flexibility isn’t just for yogis. These six stretches will help increase your range of motion for better results in the gym.

Your muscles deserve a little TLC, so hit the mat for these yoga-inspired stretches.

Check out this inverted stretch over a ball - it's the perfect way to finish off your abs training.

Strong, limber hips are the key to a butt-kicking glutes workout. Here's a stretch that will get you there.

End your next abs routine with this back extension stretch, based on the yoga pose, the Cobra.

Strengthen your rotator cuffs with this lying rotation.

Tight hips? Loosen up with these easy stretches.

Having tummy troubles? Try this soothing stretch to aid digestion.

Open your hips and chest and give your muscles some postworkout TLC.

These 3 moves will increase power, tone your legs and reduce your risk of injury in the gym.

Watch our video for a demonstration of the hip flexor stretch, IT band stretch and calf stretch.

Give your quads a feel-good stretch with this simple move.