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Touching your toes. The standing quad hold. The overhead tricep stretch. These are the static positions our high school gym teachers taught us to warm up with before engaging in any physical activity.

While you should try to hold the pose as long as you can, he added, a general rule of thumb is 10 to 30 seconds per stretch, aiming for a total of about 90 seconds over the course of the day. Older ...