The Runner's Guide to Yoga: A Practical Approach to Building Strength and Flexibility for Better Running (The Athlete's Guide) - Softcover

"Endurance athletes generally have poor flexibility, core strength, balance, and posture. Improving these can really change performance for the better. The Athlete's Guide to Yoga is a great resource to get you on the path to better training and racing." --Joe Friel, founder of Joe Friel's Ultrafit and author of The Triathlete's Training Bible, The Cyclist's Training Bible, and The Mountain Biker's Training Bible "After running and racing for nearly thirty years, competing through five Olympic trials and the 1996 Olympics, and traveling the world on U.S. track, road, and cross-country teams, I thought I knew all the tricks for success and longevity in distance running. Yoga helped me set a world age-group record in the indoor mile and an outdoor American record in the 1500m at age 45. Yoga should have been--and will be from here on out--added to the mix of ingredients for success for any serious endurance athlete. Incorporate the practice of yoga into your weekly training regimen, and it will make a difference in your life as an endurance athlete. I highly recommend The Athlete's Guide to Yoga to all athletes who want to train smarter and race faster." --from the foreword by long-distance runner Joan Nesbit Mabe "Whether you're a yogini or you've never heard of downward-facing dog, you'll come away with something useful from The Athlete's Guide to Yoga." --Women's Adventure Magazine

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 colour photographs, clear instruction, and easy-to-follow routines, this guide 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. Over 100 key poses modelled by real runners and includes focussed 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.