Warm Up Your Lower Body
Warm Up Your Lower Body
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Aligning and activating your lower body is a powerful way to warm up and generate forward momentum as you move into your day.
Use this warm up to create a strong foundation by aligning your joints, activating and strengthening surrounding muscles, and putting it into context by practicing key movement patterns. You’ll feel the difference in the way you move heading into your day including your stride when you walk and run, and beyond — ready to push off and move forward.
Take your warm up practice further this week:
• Use all the videos in this weekly warm up collection
• Download your free A4Y Practice Plan to plan, track, and review each week.
• Share your practice using #athletesforyoga and #yourweeklya4ypractice — we love to cheer you on!
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