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You’re at the gym doing your usual pre-workout warmup. You reach down to touch your toes to stretch your hamstrings, you pull your foot to your butt to stretch your quads, and you sit down into a ...

Dynamic stretches move you through your whole range of motion, making them a great option for pre-workout warm-up routines.