Quick Warm Ups + Strength for Marathoners

Quick Warm Ups + Strength for Marathoners

Marathoners are time poor for strength work — until knee injuries or hamstring strains flare up.

Use these videos to activate and strengthen key muscles daily. Don’t run without them!

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Quick Warm Ups + Strength for Marathoners
  • A4Y Practice Plan

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    This 1-month practice plan will help you get real — more aware and actionable — about how you will use yoga to move towards your goals:

    • Print or fill it out digitally. 
    • Start each week by naming your goals: Identify the physical or mental Reset you need most and make a plan. 
    • Review what w...

  • Pre-Run Warm Up

    Use this quick pre-run routine to activate your breath and encourage turnover while warming up all your key running muscles quickly including your glutes, core, and back to optimize the miles ahead.
    - Focus: performance, warm up
    - Key muscles: glutes, core, back
    - When: pre-run

  • Pre-Run Warm Up with Alysia Montaño

    Get ready to run! Join Olympian Alysia Montaño at one of her local training spots for a quick pre-workout routine to warm up your breath and key muscles, create fluidity through your hamstrings and hips, and align your stride for the miles ahead.
    - Focus: warm up
    - Key muscles: hamstrings, hips
    -...

  • Workout Day Warm Up

    Use this dynamic warm up to encourage turnover while connecting your mind, body, and breath. Incorporates low reps to hit all your key running muscles quickly including activation for your glutes, back, and core to help you get the most out of the miles ahead.
    - Focus: warm up, performance
    - Key ...

  • Align Your Stride

    Get ready to run! Use this quick pre-workout routine to warm up your breath and key muscles, create fluidity through your hamstrings and hips, and align your stride for the miles ahead.
    - Focus: warm up
    - Key muscles: hamstrings, hips
    - When: pre-run

  • Starting Line Warm Up

    Use this quick pre-race warm up to activate your breath, key muscles, and race mantra as you toe the line — no props required!
    - Focus: warm up, performance
    - Key muscles: glutes, hips, back
    - When: pre-workout/race

  • Hip Strength + Stability

    15 minutes to stronger hips! Use this routine to strengthen the smaller, intrinsic (supporting) muscles of your hips, improving your stability to keep you moving forward with power and avoiding imbalance and injury.
    - Focus: hip strength + stability
    - Key muscles: hips, glutes
    - When: pre-workout...

  • How To Activate Your Glutes

    A few minutes spent activating and strengthening your glutes will add power to your stride and any workout. Use this routine to wake up and strengthen your butt!
    - Focus: strength, performance
    - Key muscles: glutes
    - When: pre-workout or cross-training

  • Standing Balance Flow

    Challenge your standing balance while activating and strengthening your core and the muscles that stabilize your ankles, knees, and hips — adding more stability and power to all your movement.
    - Focus: balance
    - Key muscles: quads, hips, core
    - When: pre-workout or cross-training

  • Core Strength with Alysia Montaño

    Your core is your powerhouse — it's the engine for your extremities. Join Olympian Alysia Montaño at one of her local training spots for a quick routine to activate and strengthen your core muscles for running and beyond.
    - Focus: core strength
    - Key muscles: core, hips, glutes
    - When: pre-workou...

  • Core Training

    Use this routine to activate and strengthen your core muscles to keep your spine long and stable, helping to mitigate back pain and injuries, and optimize your posture for powerful, functional movement. Added bonus: you'll move outside your usual range of motion for big benefits.
    – Focus: core st...