Article: Stretch your workouts: Flexibility training is just as important as weight training or cardio exercises, fitness professionals say. But it's also imperative that you use proper technique to avoid injury.

Byline: Elizabeth Giorgi

Aug. 5--YOU FINISH YOUR WORKOUT, take a few minutes to touch your toes and let your body cool down, and you head home, feeling good about the state of your physical fitness. Maybe you should rethink that.

Fitness professionals say those few minutes of stretching are just as important to your overall fitness level as the hour of weight training or 45 minutes of cardio -- yet many exercisers neglect flexibility training. "I think a lot of people do think of it as an afterthought," said Jeffrey Bonsall, owner of the personal training studio Berkshire Fitness in West Lawn. But as with strength and cardio training, ...

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