Balance Your Lower Body

Balance Your Lower Body

One of the most common lower body imbalances are weak glutes, which causes a chain reaction of imbalances, usually next affecting your hamstrings. Remind your glutes they’re the boss, ease your overworked hammies, and start to unwind other residual imbalances like lower back tension.

Start with the Balance Your Lower Body video and continue to strengthen your lower body balance with the additional video recommendations in this collection. Also be sure to
check out the Strengthen Your Glutes + Release Your Hamstrings collection: https://video.athletesforyoga.com/strengthen-glutes-release-hamstrings

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Balance Your Lower Body
  • Balance Your Lower Body

    One of the most common lower body imbalances is weak glutes, which fire a chain reaction of imbalances, usually affecting your hamstrings next.

    Use this practice to self-test whether your glutes are doing their job, activate and strengthen these critical muscles, and stretch tight, overworked ha...

  • Are your glutes working too hard or not enough?

    Exclusive routine from HIT RESET: Revolutionary Yoga for Athletes!
    The fact is, glute max is the boss of your push-off — the action of moving your body forward — in all physical pursuits... Use this self-test from HIT RESET to assess and correct your glute engagement, and learn more in the Wake U...

  • 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

  • What's going on back there?

    Exclusive routine from HIT RESET: Revolutionary Yoga for Athletes!
    People don't pay much attention to their hamstrings, other than to moan about how stiff they are. The fact is we could all use a little hammy time... Use this self-test from HIT RESET to assess and correct your hamstring stretchin...

  • Hammy Time

    It's hammy time! For those times when you're out of gas and don't have much energy or time to stretch, use the wall to align and support your body while quickly re-lengthening stiff muscles. Includes a comprehensive hamstring Reset plus a hip opener. Shout out to Oiselle CEO Sally Bergesen for na...

  • 5-Minute Hamstring Reset

    The combo of workouts and prolonged sitting leaves the hamstrings tight, dry, and stuck together — and not very happy. This quick Reset will increase circulation to this muscle group and help you to improve and maintain optimal flexibility.
    - Focus: injury prevention, recovery
    - Key muscles: hams...

  • 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...