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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How to Fix Flat Feet
Foot Strength for Runners
First off – having flat feet, or collapsed arches, is not always a bad thing and it certainly doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t run!
– but there is a higher risk of injury stemming from weak foot muscles.
Luckily, there are several things we can do as runners to develop more foot strength and support, to prevent injury if your feet are on the flatter side.
How to Improve Running Technique in 5 Easy Steps
Is it possible to make small adjustments to your running technique which will have a huge impact on your running efficiency and enjoyment? Absolutely!
In this episode of the Run Better with Yoga show we’ll cover 5 steps you can take to improve running form, increase efficiency and decrease injury. This means we’ll also boost our speed, distance and endurance. Sound good? Let’s go!
Pre Race Meditation | Running Meditation for Athletic Performance
Today we have a short pre race meditation which can also be used pre training run for increased athletic performance.
One of the most life changing practises that you can adopt is meditation – and more and more athletes are taking up a mediation practice for all the benefits that it offers
How to run easier with core connection
Today’s video is all about how to get running to feel a whole lot easier, when you strengthen and connect to your core.
You see, there’s more to it than just building core strength – because if we’re not properly connecting to it, that strength has little benefit.
How to strengthen glutes for running
If great posture is the key to great running… strong glutes are the key to great posture!
Along with deep abdominal strength, powerful glutes keep us upright and provide a stable core centre, so the upper and lower body can function with more ease.
How to improve your running posture
The key to great running is great posture. A good running posture means more efficiency, easier running.
The more we practise good posture when not running, the easier it becomes to maintain it when we are!
But how do we know exactly what having great posture feels like?
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.