“Calm and relaxed, I’ll run fast.” — Des Linden
Calm and relaxed — that’s how to toe the line on race day. Executing this requires practice. That’s right, practice being calm and relaxed. All the time. When you show up to your workout day, during a bad mile of a tempo, on a gruelling long run... Calm and relaxed. It takes practice to replace doubt and anxiety with calm confidence, but the reward is huge — and extends far beyond running.
Read More“Everything hurts and I’m dying.” This is often how marathoners come to the mat, which can be overwhelming when trying to navigate how best to use the 5, 10, or 15 minutes you actually have to use yoga to feel better.
The last few weeks have helped you learn more about your unique imbalances and how to use yoga solve them. This week is dedicated to those moments when you need to use yoga as fast and effectively as possible.
Read MoreUntil you have plantar fasciitis or achilles tendonitis, how often do you love on your feet and lower legs? Everyone looks down. We get it. Your feet, while being your entire foundation and hitting the ground 80 to 100 times per minute on average when you run, are incredibly easy to ignore. Until they’re not.
Time to balance your foundation!
Read MoreWhen you can roll into mile 26 with your posture still strong, lung capacity optimized, and arms swinging — even when you’re beyond tired — just think of the PRs!
Read MoreRunning isn’t bad for your knees. But overstressed, unstable knees are bad for your running.
Use yoga to optimize hip balance and knee tracking — in order to align your stride for happier, healthier knees over the long haul.
Read MoreMarathoner problem number 3: hip imbalances. 27% of marathoners who answered our survey reported piriformis pain. Others reported weak hips, hip pain, and tight hips. Get the plan to use yoga to mobilize and stabilize your hips.
Read MoreHamstrings often become tight, dry, and stuck together due to weak glutes (forcing these supporting muscles to compensate and do more work than they’re engineered for) and honestly, because we sit. A lot.
That combined with the fact that common stretching tactics like being hyper focused on touching the ground with straight legs, or throwing your leg up and yanking on those tissues with a strap are more likely to injure your hamstrings than increase the flexibility and fluidity needed for optimal function — and running.
Let’s unstiffen those hammies! And guess what? It doesn't matter if you EVER touch your toes.
Read MoreWe asked for your biggest marathon problems. Coming in number 1: weak glutes. No surprise there! Weak glutes — specifically, sleepy glute max — is at the root of some of the most prevalent and avoidable chain reaction imbalances.
We have your full plan to use yoga — from cross-training to pre-run warm ups — to effectively isolate, activate, and strengthen that booty. You'll optimize your stride AND avoid imbalance and injury as the miles stack up.
Marathoners have problems. Even more problems than constantly signing up for an event that literally killed its first participant. Imbalance can derail even the best training block, and marathoners know all too well that riding the line between fit and frazzled becomes thinner and thinner as peak weeks approach.
Over the next two months we’ll unpack marathoners’ biggest problems and show you how use yoga to solve them and become a more balanced, resilient, and powerful runner so you toe the line healthy and eager to race — and ready to crush your goals!
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