Yoga for Runners: Injury Prevention
Dedicated runners are constantly trying to find better ways to take care of their bodies to prevent injuries. Too many runners suffer from bad backs and knees, often forcing them to abandon running altogether. This yoga class is perfect for those that run and directly addresses the common physical complications that arise. This yoga sequence will keep you injury-free and running for many years to come.
If you love this class you will also love Fiji's post run class.
Comments
If you are like me, a humble 5k runner and a beginner-to-intermediate yogi, this class may take a couple times before you feel at home in it, but it is WORTH IT. (If you are not familiar at all with pigeon pose, my advice would be to stay with the prep that Fiji offers first and not even to attempt the full pose. I remember the first time someone had me go into pigeon pose – I thought she was crazy and something was going to break.) I too do it as a post-run class, alternating with Fidji's other post-run, and though I have come to feel the benefits of both, I would say time flies quicker with this one (though it's slightly longer) and I get up in a true state of well-being, my entire lower body feeling *oiled*.
I love Fiji, but I was a bit confused by this class. It goes through a series of pretty deep poses in rapid succession, and almost feels like it should be called "bonus postures for runners" or something. I'd want to hold such deep postures for significantly longer and relax into them rather than quickly go from one to the next... I went into this cold, and it felt pretty dangerous honestly. I did a good 30 minutes of additional postures afterwards to finish my own session. From the comments it seems like people do this after a workout, and that seems like a reasonable thing to do. But as a stand-alone set of postures, I'd have to recommend against it. Maybe change the name or description to let folks know how to use this?
I've done this practice several times after long walks, lots of time on my feet, skiing, etc. and I know I will come back to it again. My running days are behind me but I appreciate the opportunity to deeply stretch the muscles of my legs and hips. Plus, there are a few vinyasas to mix things up.
Thank you, Fiji, for this practice, which is helping me continue to train for a marathon with a hamstring/glute
injury. So soothing!