Runners
Yoga on the Run
One of the great things about yoga is that each pose counteracts all of the stresses and abuse you put your body through—whether it’s hunching over a computer keyboard for nine hours or pounding the pavement for fifteen miles. Simply adding a few poses to your post-run routine or taking one or two weekly yoga classes will help increase flexibility, prevent injuries (by strengthening the muscles around your joints to improve stability), speed recovery, and even improve speed through increased range of motion.
learn moreYoga on the Run: Knee Injury Recovery
On summer days you can find Damian Stoy cruising through Rocky Mountain National Park’s trails - just him, the trees, and the breeze. “When I’m on the trail running feels completely natural. Effortless, even.” But there was a time when Stoy struggled to walk.
learn moreYoga on the Run: Post-Run Poses
Though he’d been active all his life, high jumping and playing basketball through high school and college, Nardini needed something else that would keep him fit in his post-collegiate years. At the time his wife was taking a college course that trained non-runners; their final exam was completing a marathon.
learn moreYoga on the Run: Poses to Prevent Cramps
Three years ago Monica Rempel was running a half marathon in Austin, TX when she experienced a cramp that seized her legs and nearly forced her to walk to the finish line. Over the next few years her legs continued cramping, especially during longer runs (15 to 20-milers) and races from 10Ks to half and full marathons.
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Pair yoga with running to get stronger, sharper, and less injury-prone
"Yoga improves strength and balance, but one of the best things it can do for runners is increase flexibility," says Bruce Dick, M.D., a partner of Orthopedic Associates of Saratoga in Saratoga Springs, New York, who has been doing sun salutations since the early 1980s, when he needed to improve his flexibility for triathlon training. He still recommends yoga to his patients, especially those who think running a marathon is easier than touching their toes.
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