Alexandra Rees is a qualified sport and exercise scientist, ex-club runner and Bikram yoga devotee of six years, who can now touch her toes with sickening ease.Like Kerry McCarthy, who in our first blog admitted that he thought yoga was solely
on the floor, aim to keep your forehead on the floor in one set and your bum on your heels for the other. With practise you’ll be able to achieve both simultaneously).4. To release, inhale and on the exhale, use your abdominal strength to lift your torso out
, as well as other nasty side effects), this pose helps tone your abdominal area and your glute muscles.This pose also stretches out the hamstrings. Yes, we know - we bang on about tight hamstrings a lot on this blog - but as we're yet to meet a runner
