Yoga For Runners With Video Explanation

Updated 02/15/12 3:30 PM · Posted 01/14/12 9:26 PM by FitSugar · 0 comments

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If running more was on your resolution list, right on! We love running, and to ensure that your body can handle all the miles, we suggest adding these five yoga poses to your weekly fitness routine. Yoga and running are very complementary: yoga is perfect for stretching out all those muscles worked, and often overworked, while running. Here's a short yoga series created especially for runners by Kimberly Fowler, founder of Yoga For Athletes. This yoga series is great for lengthening shortened hamstrings and opening tight hips — both side effects of running. A little attention to your overworked muscles is a great form of injury prevention. And if you only have time for one stretch, Kim will tell you what to do. And be sure to enter our Get Fit For 2012 giveaway to win a year's supply of Asics running shoes.