Your Team In Training^® coach will give you a complete lesson on muscle groups along with a pre-and post-workout stretching routine that you should begin to use every time. It will help prevent potential injuries and keep you feeling much better.

Here are some basic tips:

• Never run, walk or cycle without first stretching properly. Not stretching properly is one of the surest ways to cause injury. 
  
• Always stretch slowly and without bouncing; ease your body into the stretching.
  
• Hold the stretch until it gradually becomes more comfortable.
  
• Get to know your specific muscle groups and pay close attention to problematic ones when stretching.

For more information, check out these stretching tips from Jim Newsom, coach of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's North Texas Chapter Team In Training program, and physical therapists Christi Nielson-Crotts, M.D., and David Crotts.