MOBILITY, STABILITY & BREATHWORK FOR RUNNERS

Podcast Episode #144 🎙

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DID YOU KNOW: Mobility and balance decline naturally as we age. It’s important to incorporate mobility & stability exercises into our routine to counterbalance the natural decline we will inevitably face. We know, we know– it’s not the most FUN topic and it’s hard to add another thing to our training plate. But these exercises don’t need to take a ton of time! You can get the benefits with just a few minutes a few times per week 👍

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MOBILITY DRILLS:👇

Dynamic warm-up before a run. Takes 3 minutes to do! 15 seconds per exercise

Examples: Marching leg lifts, scoops, walking lunges, quick feet/quick foot strikes, A skips, B skips, high knee carioca

(for visuals of this, please see our YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lrOCSUoR9o)

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YOGA FOR STABILITY:👇

Many yoga poses require you to be on unequal footing. Yoga also requires you to hold different positions that you aren’t typically in. By working through yoga poses, you may be able to improve your stability overall

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YOGA FOR BREATHWORK:👇

The breathwork needed for yoga acts as a nervous system reset. Races and hard workouts can induce some level of the “fight or flight” response and it can take a few days to come down from that, thus limiting your recovery. Through breathwork & yoga, you can calm your body down after hard workouts and races and get back into “rest and digest” mode

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REMINDER: While these types of exercises can help prevent and eliminate pain while running/injuries, if you are currently injured: Please see a physical therapist or sports medicine doctor 👩🏾‍⚕️

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