Whether you're training for your ninth marathon or just want to prevent nagging lower-back pain from your weekly runs, here are the moves missing from your life. Start with these six exercises to help you strengthen your body, run faster, and prevent injury. Then follow that up with these six essential yoga poses to target tight areas that often come from running. Start doing these 12 moves regularly, and you're sure to notice a difference.
What it does: Tones the thighs, glutes, and calves.
What it does: Works the muscle on the side of the pelvis (glute meds) as well as the inner thighs.
What it does: Tones the shins to prevent shin splints.
What it does: Strengthens the quads and prevents knee pain.
What it does: Strengthens the arms, shoulders, and core.
What it does: Tones the back to prevent back pain.
What it does: Stretches the lower back, hamstrings, calves, shoulders, and chest.
What it does: Stretches the quads and hamstrings.
What it does: Stretches the calves and hamstrings and strengthens the arms.
What it does: Stretches hips and hip flexors.
What it does: Increases side-to-side spinal mobility and targets the outer thighs and oh-so-tight piriformis muscle.
What it does: Increases spinal flexibility and stretches abs, upper back, and neck.