Download or read book Yoga for Runners written by Christine Felstead and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2021-08-11 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Adapts the practice of yoga by focusing on the poses that offer the greatest benefits to runners. The poses and sequences in this book are intended to enhance strength, stability, and mobility in order to reduce incidents of running injury and add longevity to your sport as you become a healthier and stronger runner"--

Download or read book The Runner s Guide to Yoga written by Rountree Sage and published by VeloPress. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yoga will make you a better runner. Millions of runners practice yoga daily because it cuts injuries and leads to more fluid, enjoyable running. In The Runner's Guide to Yoga, Sage Rountree--America's leading expert on yoga for athletes--shows you the poses and practices for stronger, healthier running. Filled with color photographs, clear instruction, and easy-to-follow routines, The Runner's Guide to Yoga offers simple ways to make yoga a part of your everyday training, even if you have never set foot in a yoga studio. This practical guide highlights the routines that ease tightness in the hamstrings and hips, strengthen the core, build strength and flexibility throughout your body, and speed recovery from minor injuries. Rountree highlights over 100 key poses modeled by real runners and includes focused routines as well as key pre- and post-race yoga sequences. The Runner's Guide to Yoga will complement your running every day, all season long. Discover how yoga can improve your running with Dynamic warm-ups and cooldowns for your workouts Poses that target typical trouble spots, such as hips, calves, and hamstrings Self-tests to determine areas of weakness or imbalance Breath and meditation exercises to sharpen mental focus

Download or read book The Runner s Yoga Book written by Jean Couch and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Runner’s Yoga Book is an ideal companion for the weekend or professional athlete, for the reader who wants to stretch and relax, and for the developing yoga student who wants to establish a home practice. Drawing on over thirty years of teaching and personal practice, author Jean Couch offers precise instruction in all types of poses, guidelines for home practice, yoga routines for other sports (including bicycling, skiing, swimming, tennis, and walking), a resource guide for further study, and a yoga-poses-by-alphabetical-listing index. With over 400 photographs and illustrations showing students at various levels of expertise, The Runner’s Yoga Book is a complete guide for yoga students of all ages and most levels of fitness.

Download or read book The Athlete s Guide to Yoga written by Sage Hamilton Rountree and published by Velopress. This book was released on 2008-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yoga makes good athletes better. This time-honored discipline imparts flexibility, balance, and whole-body strength, creating improvements in an athlete’s form, efficiency, and power. In addition, yoga’s attention to concentration and breath awareness improves mental focus and mental endurance—hidden assets that become especially important at the end of a long training session or race. In The Athlete’s Guide to Yoga, yoga instructor, endurance athlete, and coach Sage Rountree explains the benefits that yoga can bring to every training program. With hundreds of color photographs featuring more than 100 poses, this book treats common problem areas to make athletes stronger in their sport. Rountree helps athletes see progress from just 10 minutes of yoga each day. In an engaging and easy-to-follow style, The Athlete’s Guide to Yoga presents: warm-up and cool-down routines for workouts simple poses to specifically target areas of inflexibility and overuse breath and meditation exercises different types of yoga for each phase of training recommendations for intensity and volume of yoga workouts throughout the training year Rountree’s applications for training and racing ease the introduction to yoga, making it practical and accessible for all athletes.

Download or read book The Complete Guide to Yoga Inversions written by Jennifer DeCurtins and published by Fair Winds Press. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turn your yoga routine on its head! Designed to take you from a beginner to an advanced yoga student, this helpful guide will help you to progress from downward dog to even the more intricate of handstand poses. Improve focus and ability as you tone your upper body and core. The Complete Guide to Yoga Inversions is the ultimate collection of the most common arm balance poses and yoga inversions that are found in a variety of styles of yoga including ashtanga, bikram, power, hatha and more. Challenge yourself with XX arm balances and yoga poses with detailed step-by-step instructions from fitness and yoga instructor Jennifer DeCurtins. Each pose includes a helpful photo along with modifications and progressions. Learn to do pivotal, foundational poses such headstand, handstand and crow. The Complete Guide to Yoga Inversions is the perfect guide to improve your ability.

Download or read book Yoga for Runners written by Lexie Williamson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-04-13 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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.

Download or read book The Athlete s Guide to Recovery written by Sage Rountree and published by VeloPress. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive, practical exploration of the art and science of athletic rest from a certified cycling, triathlon, and running coach. If you’ve hit a wall in your training, maybe it’s because your body isn’t recovering enough from each workout to become stronger. In The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery, Sage Rountree will guide you to full recovery and improved performance, revealing how to measure your fatigue and recovery, how much rest you need, and how to make the best use of recovery tools. Drawing on her own experience along with interviews with coaches, trainers, and elite athletes, Rountree details daily recovery techniques, demystifying common aids like ice baths, compression apparel, and supplements. She explains in detail how to employ restorative practices such as massage, meditation, and yoga. You will learn which methods work best and how and when they are most effective. The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery explores: Periodization and overtraining Ways to measure fatigue and recovery including heart rate tests, heart rate variability, EPOC, and apps Stress reduction Sleep, napping, nutrition, hydration, and supplements Cold and heat like icing, ice baths, saunas, steam rooms, whirlpools, and heating pads Home remedies including compression wear, creams, and salts Technological aids like e-stim, ultrasound, Normatec Massage, self-massage, and foam rolling Restorative yoga Meditation and breathing Then you can put these tools and techniques to practice using two comprehensive recovery plans for both short- and long-distance training. This invaluable resource will enable you to maintain that hard-to-find balance between rigorous training and rest so that you can feel great and compete at your highest level.

Download or read book The Runner s World Big Book of Marathon and Half Marathon Training written by Jennifer Van Allen and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first dedicated book on marathon and half marathon training from the renowned experts at Runner's World Runner's World Big Book of Marathon and Half-Marathon Training gives readers the core essentials of marathon training, nutrition, injury prevention, and more. The editors of Runner's World know marathon training better than anyone on the planet. They have spent the last few years inviting readers to share the long, sweaty journey to the starting line, putting themselves on call to personally answer readers' questions 24/7. This book includes testimonials from real runners, more than 25 training plans for every level and ability, workouts, a runner's dictionary, and sample meal plans. Runner's World Big Book of Marathon and Half-Marathon Training is a powerful and winning resource—the ultimate tool kit for anyone who wants to get from the starting line to the finish line.

Download or read book Running the Spiritual Path written by Roger Joslin and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2003-06-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling and inspiring guide to making running a spiritual sport Imagine achieving physical fitness and spiritual growth simultaneously. Roger Joslin's step by step program is an engaging exploration of his conviction that spiritual well being is as likely to happen while running along the trails of a favorite park as it is within the more traditional settings of neighborhood churches, synagogues, or mosques. Through awareness, chants and visualization, and through attention to the most evident aspects of the present moment--the weather, pain, or breathing--the simple run can become the basis for a profound spiritual practice. In Running the Spiritual Path Roger Joslin combines the insights gathered from thirty years of running, with a personal spiritual journey that is guiding him to the priesthood. While drawing from and exhibiting an abiding respect for the traditions and sacred practices of the world's great religions, the author describes a heretofore-unexplored method of sacred running, of bringing meditation and a prayerful communion to the running trail.

Download or read book Runner s World written by and published by . This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Runner's World magazine aims to help runners achieve their personal health, fitness, and performance goals, and to inspire them with vivid, memorable storytelling.

Download or read book The Runner s Expert Guide to Stretching written by Paul Hobrough and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate stretching guide, designed to help runners of all abilities run further, avoid injuries and achieve better times. Stretching is an incredibly important aspect of running and yet it is frequently overlooked or poorly executed. This book details and explains all the stretches that can ease pain, build strength and enhance running performance. Written by the globally respected physiotherapist, Paul Hobrough, who works with Olympic and World Champion athletes, The Runner's Expert Guide to Stretching will help runners to understand their bodies, identify weaknesses and develop a natural defence against injury. With easy-to-understand explanations of anatomy and physiology, and a comprehensive directory of running stretches, runners of any age or ability will find an ideal range of stretches, clearly organised by body part, as well as a detailed strength and conditioning programme. With more than 2 million of us running at least once a week in the UK alone, this is the go-to guide for every runner.

Download or read book Quick Strength for Runners written by Jeff Horowitz and published by VeloPress. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quick Strength for Runners offers a smart, fast-paced strength training program for runners who want to run faster and with fewer injuries. In under an hour a week, runners will strengthen their core and key running muscles to build a better runner’s body. Strength training is crucial to better running and injury prevention. But it’s difficult to know which exercises work best for runners or to get motivated to hit the gym. In Quick Strength for Runners, running coach and personal trainer Jeff Horowitz simplifies strength training into just two 20-minute workouts per week, with no gym or pricey equipment required. Designed specifically for runners, the Quick Strength program pinpoints the exercises that really work. Inside you’ll find: A guide to how strength training leads to better running form and fitness 40 targeted exercises, with step-by-step photos and clear instructions Progressive workouts and advanced form options to increase strength as fitness improves A focused and efficient 8-week strength training program Tips on designing your own long-term workout program for a lifetime of fitness Quick Strength for Runners makes it easy for runners to build a better runner’s body. This highly effective, easy-to-implement program will make you a stronger, faster runner in under an hour a week so you can stay on the road or trail.

Download or read book Runner s World written by and published by . This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Runner's World magazine aims to help runners achieve their personal health, fitness, and performance goals, and to inspire them with vivid, memorable storytelling.

Download or read book The Durable Runner written by Alison Heilig and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part sport and part exercise, running boosts health, longevity, and mental well-being. However, running is a demanding activity that can potentially tax the runner's body and mind. Therefore, possessing durability for running--a fusion of toughness and flexibility--is desirable to enhance a runner's physical and mental experience. This book--the first of its kind to combine corrective exercise, self-myofascial release, and yoga--empowers runners with measures to avoid unnecessary pain, injury, and burnout. It is a comprehensive guide to creating a simple and efficient system of personalized supplemental training in which runners learn to identify and address areas of imbalance and overuse. These training methods increase strength, stability, mobility, and resiliency, and require as little as 15 minutes per day to implement. (For each technique, the author has produced a video, and live links are included in the enhanced ebook edition.) Runners can decrease the risk of injury, improve running performance, and maintain joint health. The result: a more durable body and mind that will support your running--and your life--for years to come.

Download or read book Yoga written by Daren Callahan and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of people practice some form of yoga, but they often do so without a clear understanding of its history, traditions, and purposes. This comprehensive bibliography, designed to assist researchers, practitioners, and general readers in navigating the extensive yoga literature, lists and comments upon English-language yoga texts published since 1981. It includes entries for more than 2,400 scholarly as well as popular works, manuals, original Sanskrit source text translations, conference proceedings, doctoral dissertations, and master's theses. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author for easy access, while thorough author, title, and subject indexes will help readers find books of interest.

Download or read book Yoga for Runners written by Christine Felstead and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2013-09-18 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Yoga for Runners, Christine Felstead shares her proven program for improving strength, flexibility, endurance, mental sharpness, breathing, and performance. Step-by-step instruction and photos of 88 yoga poses and 10 sequences make this a practical, easy-to-follow training guide that will produce results for every runner, from beginner to veteran.

Download or read book The Runner s World Big Book of Running for Beginners written by Jennifer Van Allen and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day, people are reaching their get-up-or-give-up moments and resolving to change. And they’re realizing that running is the simplest, cheapest, and most effective way to lose weight, gain confidence, and relieve stress. For newcomers, the obstacles are fierce. There are fears of pain and embarrassment. There are schedules jam-packed with stressful jobs, long commutes, endless meetings, and sticky-fingered toddlers.The Runner’s World Big Book of Running for Beginners provides all the information neophytes need to take their first steps, as well as inspiration for staying motivated. The book presents readers with tips for smart nutrition and injury prevention and includes realistic training plans that enable beginning runners to achieve gradual progress (by gearing up for a 30-minute run, a 5-K, or even a 5-miler). Above all, it will show newbies just how fun and rewarding the sport can be, thanks to the help of several "real runner" testimonials.