Yoga for Runners: Prevent injury, build strength, enhance performance

✍ Scribed by Lexie Williamson

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Sport
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 193
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

'A fantastic book' – Running Fitness

'The Bible for runners who want to use yoga to enhance their running performance' - Athletics Weekly

'The latest way to enhance your running performance' - Trail Running

TRANSFORM YOUR RUNNING THROUGH YOGA

Would you like to run further and faster? Want to find the perfect runner's flow?

Yoga is the key to unlocking your running potential. Practised by the world's leading endurance athletes, yoga builds strength, improves flexibility and boosts recovery.

Fully revised and featuring step-by-step exercises and workouts, the bestselling Yoga for Runners shows you how to:
• release running tight spots, like the hamstrings and hip flexors
• run taller with focused core exercises
• strengthen weak muscles through power yoga moves
• prevent injury with recovery techniques
• breathe more deeply and sharpen your mind

Suitable for runners of all levels, this is your essential training companion for strong and smooth running.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half-title
Copyright
Title
Contents
Introduction
01. Yoga and running
02. Running tall
03. Relaxation in motion
04. Balance training
05. Lower leg stretches
06. Upper leg stretches
07. The runner’s core
08. Runners’ power yoga
09. Mental training
10. Breath control
11. Recovery yoga
12. Sequences
Index
Acknowledgements

✦ Subjects

Fitness; Yoga; Running