A fitness coach recommends these six exercises and a five-minute mobility routine to warm up with before running.

This combination of exercises works your total body and gets your heart rate up a little bit. If you do each exercise for a minute a day, then that's a five-minute workout that you can do at your ...

"The best time to include the stretches would be after a light warm-up jog (15 to 30 minutes before the start of a race) which has slightly raised the heart rate and blood flow. "You can then use ...

4. Push through your feet to push yourself back up to the starting position, and start again. These will stretch the hamstrings and activate the glutes before running. For a warm-up, do these with ...