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Lower class
By on 06/02/2013 13:04:29
Pedal stronger, with less chance of injury, by doing these simple lower body moves.
Stability ball hamstring curlsStrengthens: (And stabilises) abs, glutes, hips, hamstrings and kneesDo it: Lie on your back with your feet on a stability ball. Inhale, tightening your abs, back and glutes. Lift up off the floor to create a straight
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Improve Your Stride Sequence
By on 03/05/2011 10:31:41
Perfect your running technique from impact to takeoff
shorter strides and land closer to your body."HipsMost runners don't extend their hips properly because their legs don't stretch back enough, says Jay Dicharry, director of the Speed Clinic at the University of Virginia, US. They compensate by landing
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Q+A: Leg-length discrepancy causes me knee pain...
By Martin Haines on 09/09/2000 10:02:10
Our experts answer real-life questions
the foot, dropping the hip, or bending the knee excessively all of which increases pressure on your knee. The management of leg-length discrepancy is determined by its cause. If you were born with it, then a heel raise may well help, but only if the hips
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Yoga for Runners: Position 21 - Ustrasana
By on 25/04/2012 15:11:32
's important to keep flexibility in all directions of the spine."Ustrasana: Step by Step1. Stand up on your knees, hip distance apart. Place your palms on your lower back, fingers facing down (as if you were slipping your hands into your back pockets). Your
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Yoga for Runners: Position 14 - Pavanamuktasana
By Alexandra Rees on 20/12/2011 09:33:51
. Hold for 30 seconds. The aim of the posture is to have your knee touching your armpit, and this pose will improve the flexibility in your hips to enable you to reach the full expression.5. Repeat on your left leg.6. The final stage of the posture
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Yoga for Runners: Position 11 - Tadasana
By Alexandra Rees on 08/11/2011 09:50:28
as welcome respite after the intensity of the Triangle and Stick poses. Tree gives you a chance to open your hips, improve your posture and as always with Bikram, strengthen your core muscles, glutes, hams and quads.Tadasana: Step by Step1. Stand with your
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Yoga for Runners: yogahaven Studio Review
By Sarah O'Neill on 27/07/2011 14:53:56
In this guest post, Sarah O'Neill checks out yoga studio mini-chain yogahaven
://www.yogajournal.com/poses/863)Muscles worked: Hip flexors, glutes.How to do it: 1. Begin on all fours, with knees beneath hips and hands under shoulders.2. Bring the right knee towards the back of the right wrist, and the right heel just in front of your left hip, aiming
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Real-life stories: how two runners beat back pain
By Alison Hamlett and Andy Richardson on 28/03/2005 13:52:30
How two runners recovered from their back injuries
Case Study OneRuby Mills started running a few months ago but despite increasing her mileage slowly, she started to feel a twinge in her left hip. “The pain would subside after a few rest days, but every time I started running again it would return
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Yoga for Runners: Position 4 - Garudasana
By Kerry McCarthy on 27/06/2011 15:22:21
the 14 largest joints in the skeletal system.Beyond improving flexibilities in the hips, knees and ankles, Eagle Pose also supplies fresh blood to the reproductive system and sex organs, plus the kidneys, which increases sexual vitality.It also relieves
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Running: Master Your Stride
By on 04/05/2011 09:44:57
If you don't know how to run, you'll never be the triathlete you want to be
tends to mean you are landing heel first, with a straight leg extended in front of you. This transfers impact through your heel and knees and into your hips, placing great strain on your lower body. When you run your feet should land under your body
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