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Yoga for Runners: Stretch Your Way to a Faster 5K
By Alexandra Rees on 27/04/2011 10:55:10
Discover how yoga could help your running, and why nursery rhymes are actually very scientific...
of the class again requires full contraction of the abdominals and stretches the ITB in a way you never knew was possible.You don't need to be one of those annoyingly smug, flexible people to benefit from yoga. Even if touching your toes seems like a distant
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Stretch yourself
By on 06/02/2013 11:56:55
If you want to go faster on the bike you need to be flexible. Follow this five-minute post-ride routine to increase your mobility.
Reclining Pigeon PoseSTRETCHES: Hips and lower backBENEFIT: Eases hip and knee pain by opening hips and stretching the IT (iliotibial) bandDO IT: Lie on your back. Cross your right ankle over your left thigh. Extend your right arm through your legs
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Fitness At A Stretch
By on 23/11/2009 15:07:53
Flexibility is something many triathletes give little thought to, but a supple physique can help keep you fit and injury-free
muscles are better able to absorb shock and reduce joint and bone stress, which will reduce your injury risk.Injury recoveryStretching can help reduce the stiffness associated with an injury and can also help speed up your return to training. It has also
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The Home Stretch: ASICS Target 26.2
By on 19/03/2012 11:00:00
With the Paris Marathon in sight, the ASICS Target 26.2 team test their mettle and reflect on lessons learned
It’s the ASICS Target 26.2 training day, University of Birmingham, March 3. Roll call: the ASICS Target 26.2 team, Runner’s World, ASICS UK, the Target 26.2 coaches and the ASICS PRO Team experts.The ASICS Target 26.2 team are over halfway through their training, and they’re at t...
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Q+A: What's your stretching routine, and what are your key stretches?
By on 08/02/2013 12:31:51
Elite Advice with Jo Pavey.
A: Whether or not to stretch before a run has always been a source of debate among runners. Personally, I like to do very gentle stretches even before a normal training run. I tried not stretching prior to runs back in 2002 but ended up with more
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Q+A: What's this hip pain? Should I stretch?
By Judith Pitt-Brooke on 09/09/2000 10:02:10
Our experts answer real-life questions
walking. Is there a hip stretch or exercise that I should be doing?A There are three muscles on the outside of the hip which stop the pelvis dropping as each leg swings forward. One of these (tensor facia lata) is a short muscle with a long tendon passing
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Welcome to our new Yoga for Runners blog
By on 12/04/2011 17:20:18
In the first instalment of our new blog, Team RW takes up yoga in a bid to out-stretch injury.
blog. If you're a regular reader of this website or Runner's World magazine you'll know the importance of stretching and flexibility in helping to make you a better runner and ward off injury.After three years of on-off injury I decided that my new
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Beat Plantar Pain
By Ruth Emmett on 02/11/2011 10:55:53
Relieve your sole in four weeks with stretches and trigger point therapy
Need to save a sole in distress? Massaging your legs may soothe a sore plantar fascia - the band of tissue that runs along the sole of your foot. "The plantar shares an attachment site with your calf muscles in the calcaneus [heel] bone," explains sports therapist Sophie Vowden, ...
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Roots To Your Back
By Runner's World on 03/12/2003 11:01:37
Keep back pain at bay with these four strengthening and stretching exercises - no equipment needed!
Back pain might keep you from running from time to time, in which case you might benefit from some preventive strengthening and stretching exercises. We’ve listed two old favourites for each below, but if you do suffer from a back problem, check
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Five Ways to Beat Cramp
By Adam Bean on 20/05/2011 12:00:00
Stop muscle spasms from ruining your next race with a series of stretches
As many as 39 per cent of distance runners may experience a cramp in their calves, hamstrings or quadriceps before they finish a race. While many people blame dehydration, Kevin Miller, an exercise scientist at North Dakota State University, US, says exhaustion is usually the cul...
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