How to relieve tight calf muscles
Often feel like you get tight calf muscles but just can’t find the right way to release them?
Do you suffer with foot, Achilles or calf pain, or cramping?
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Best Running Footstrike
Today we’re looking at the best running foot strike to help you run injury free and more efficiently.
It’s not surprising that so many runners foot strike heel first, with…
The importance of running recovery
And how to do it right
We’ve all been there – we have great intentions of doing our post run cool down but, for one reason or another, it just doesn’t happen!
We don’t always feel like taking the time to stretch straight after a run – we’re tired, hungry, and have a million other things to do.
How to stop knee pain
Think running is bad for your knees? Uh uh. Running should not cause knee pain – if you have a healthy, well connected body.
What do I mean by ‘connected’? I mean good alignment, that enables us to connect to our central core and glute power – making running efficient, and safe for our joints.
How to fix tight hamstrings
Do you suffer with tight hamstrings?
If the hamstrings tighten and shorten too much from repeated contraction and/ or over striding when running, they’re more susceptible to injury and can negatively affect our posture.
How to fix sore hip flexors
Ever had pain or irritation across the front of your hips when running? Or after running?
This is the area of the hip flexors – made up of the iliopsoas, rectus femoris and sartorius muscles – that primarily act to lift the knee and thigh closer to the body.
Pain in this area is a common one for runners – but we can almost always fix it!
In this video I talk about the reasons why irritation here is so common, and what we can do to go about fixing it.
We’ll cover a couple of yoga poses, and a running drill. Enjoy!
After you’ve watched, let me know – do you get pain here?...
2020 Running Goals!
It’s time to set your running goals for the new year and decade! It’s been proven that people who intentionally set goals are more likely to achieve the things they want – and those who actually write them down, increase their chances of success even more! So let’s dive into some possible goals that I’ve helped my students achieve in the past, and that you might be looking to achieve this year. Pens and journals at the ready, let’s get inspired!
So here we go with 5 potential running goals that you might be inspired to take on for the year ahead!
Run Injury and Pain Free
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The Strong Runner
Do you want to enjoy running more, get faster and avoid injuries? Do you want to feel light and run with ease? Do you want to feel strong and mobile and avoid both the pesky and the more serious running-related injuries?
Best core exercises for runners
Runners need good core strength all around the torso, so this week we look at some great ways to strengthen each part of the core, in a 9 minute yoga flow. Incorporate regular targeted core strength work into your routine and feel the difference in your running technique!
Lower back pain when running?
Do you have lower back pain when running? Or after? This is pretty common in runners, and what’s going to help long term is bringing better strength and awareness to the core muscles, improving alignment and relieving lumbar compression.
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