Runners, TTMA your stretching routine.

[hawkward]

So it turns out I'm not a teenager anymore, and I cannot increase my distance without improving my stretching. Anyone have a good resource to suggest?

[billyhorrible]

Nothing specific, but my PT (a runner) always recommended dynamic stretches before running, static after.

So leg swings, butt kicks, etc. before, "reaching for your toes" after.

[tjr42]

After I like to stretch (yoga) with SarahBeth...hip flexors and hamstrings. It's rare I get that kind of time. But I like to end with 5-10 mins of yoga of whatever I can remember from her sequence. TBH, it's whatever is tight after that run.

Beforehand...high knees, butt kickers, tuck jumps, walking "hydrants"...I'm terrible beforehand. Some times (most often) I'll walk for a quarter mile, slowly build over the next and then start my run.

[Pizzaslut]

Before - high knees, jumping jacks, butt kickers

After - tree pose on each leg and mostly these:

[Pizzaslut]

Also, downward dog.

[cnf]

Definitely do static stretches after your run, not before. I'm bad about stretching prior, I will admit. I also foam roll a few times a week, depending on how many days a week and mileage I run.

[hawkward]

Thanks for the ideas!

I think I need to dedicate more to dynamic stretching. I usually walk about a quarter mile, do some quick hamstring stretches, and go.

I also got new shoes and that helped. I know better than to run in old shoes, so that was a big duh moment.

[sterling]

I do an hour of old lady yoga once a week, and it's the absolute best.

[tjr42]

Saw this yesterday...
"Best dynamic warm up"
www.google.com/amp/www.self.com/gallery/run-warm-up/amp

[hawkward]

Jul 22, 2017 5:47:31 GMT -6 tjr42 said:

Saw this yesterday...
"Best dynamic warm up"
www.google.com/amp/www.self.com/gallery/run-warm-up/amp

Thanks!