TAMPA (BLOOM) – Kids can really excel at competitive sports like gymnastics and dance with rigorous training and commitment. Chayse Anthony with The Stretch Empire along with Clare Seng, who is the ...

Flexibility is important for all sports and everyday activities. Flexibility is important for all sports and everyday activities since it helps to prevent injury and muscle soreness, and increases ...

How do you decide when you, as the parent, need to push the child because they have a talent but maybe not the drive? Toddlers have a seemingly endless supply of energy. If you are looking for a more ...

As a 6-foot male with thin arms, meager flexibility and so-so balance, I long ago gave up any idea of trying gymnastics. Other than muddling through an intro class in the company of little girls, ...

A herd of toddlers runs across the springy gymnastics mat, each to a small square of carpet. Their parents follow close behind. Once seated, coach Marci Schuster takes them through some warm-up ...

Without realizing it, many of us start our day by stretching before we even get out of bed. Involuntary stretching of your muscles is called pandiculation. It’s a behavior seen in most types of ...

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Professional sprinters sometimes spend an hour warming up for a race that lasts about 10 seconds. In fact, it’s common for many athletes to perform dynamic stretches in their warmup and static ...

Bend down and touch your toes. Touching your toes, like all other bend-and-hold moves, requires our muscles to stretch. “Flexibility is the amount of stretch that a given muscle allows,” explains ...

Adrienne makes it look effortless as she climbs to the top of a piece of fabric, skillfully looping it around one foot as she goes. Suspended about fifteen feet in the air, she methodically wraps the ...