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akern
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 Posted: 08/02/06 - 12:43 Post subject: Stretching routine.
Anyone know some good stretching moves? I'm looking for just a few moves to get everything loosened up to do in the mornings.
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cdnhollywood
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Posted: 08/02/06 - 13:21 Post subject:
....stretching? Nope, never heard of it.
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Running Brewer
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Posted: 08/02/06 - 13:43 Post subject:
Yoga! it really has helped me loosen up. I have done some group stuff, in the past and never really got into it, but I picked up a copy of the Runner's Yoga Book by Jean Couch and it has been great. I do just a few exercises everyday after exercising.
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TriBob
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Posted: 08/02/06 - 13:46 Post subject:
Pick up the Kama Sutra. 
I just do the usuall. Seated hamstring, calf stretch, cobra pose for hip flexers, foot to chest for ITB.
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cdtcommander
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Posted: 12/29/06 - 00:05 Post subject:
Yoga is deffinately great for flexibility. I went a class once and I loved it but the classes where I live are nothing like the one I went to. I did find a great resource though. If you download the free itunes software there is a free yoga podcast called yoga today. You can visit their website at www.yogatoday.com. But it is a daily class, each an hour long. I do suggest that if you get into it you get a mat and two block lol because I am a runner when I started my muscles were so tight I needed the blocks hehe
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JustRun
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Posted: 03/05/07 - 10:14 Post subject:
always do a light warm up run before stretching.. so you can loosen up the muscles.
And... Dynamic stretching is always better than static before a run from what I hear.
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JustRun
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Posted: 08/31/07 - 16:37 Post subject:
yes dynamic is key.. I am slowly avoiding the static stretches.
Always warm up the muscles prior to stretching =)
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