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3 Reasons Why Stretching Doesn’t Help Your Tight Muscles

April 10, 2026 | Renée Fishman

If you’re constantly stretching your muscles and not feeling relief, you may be trying the wrong solution. Here are 3 reasons why stretching doesn’t work.

Filed Under: Fitness Tagged With: fascia, fitness, flexibility, muscles, strength, stretching, tight muscles

Why Your Muscles Stay Tight No Matter How Much You Stretch

November 15, 2025 | Renée Fishman

If you’re constantly trying to stretch or massage away your chronically tight muscles and your efforts are failing, it might be time to consider that the tight muscles aren’t the problem.

Filed Under: Fitness, Yoga Tagged With: biomechanics, biopsychosocial, exercicse, fitness, muscles, nervous system, physiology, protection, safety, security, stability, stretching

3 Ways to Structure Your Work Like a Workout

March 3, 2024 | Renée Fishman

The brain is not a machine that we can turn on or off at will. It’s a muscle. Ensuring optimal performance requires us to use the principles we apply to other muscles. Here are 3 ways to structure your work like a workout.

Filed Under: Coaching, Frameworks, Productivity Tagged With: cognitive performance, cycles, fitness, frameworks, growth, muscles, performance, planning, productivity, rest, seasons, structure, work, workout

What Jumping Rope Is Teaching Me About Myself

December 1, 2022 | Renée Fishman

Jumping rope is good cardiovascular exercise and strengthens your legs and shoulders. But the real way it makes you stronger has nothing to do with physical muscles.

Filed Under: Coaching, Fitness, Life Tagged With: business, exercise, fitness, frustration tolerance, jumping rope, life, metaphor, muscles, patterns, practice, strength, training

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