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Strengthen and Stretch! The 12 Moves All Runners Need to Do
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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.

Move 1: Sumo Squat With Calf Raises
Move 2: Side Lunge
Move 3: Seated Shin Strengthener
Move 4: Wall Sit
Move 5: Up Down Plank
Move 6: Superman Ball Lift
Yoga Pose 1: Wide-Legged Forward Bend C
Yoga Pose 2: Bent Standing Split
Yoga Pose 3: Three-Legged Dog
Yoga Pose 4: Open Lizard
Yoga Pose 5: Seated Spinal Twist
Yoga Pose 6: Half Wheel
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