Plan: Marathon Taper
Tame your taper tantrums and optimize your weeks of hard training with strategic recovery, mental focus practice, and deeply restorative yoga. Use the extra time you'd be logging miles to put your legs up the wall or use a gentle mobility video. Let go of everything you can't control, the hay is in the barn, and you can't change the forecast. Lean into your taper. Thank your body for every training mile. Breathe. Your race day is coming.
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Taper Meditation
You've done the work, now recover right. Rather than throwing a taper tantrum, use this meditation to help you absorb and optimize your training. BONUS: Legs Up the Wall adds a restorative boost.
- Focus: mental focus, recovery
- When: post-workout or recovery day
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Sunday Reset
Use this full body Reset on Sunday nights to set the tone for next week's workouts. Ease lingering tension, restore fluidity and range of motion to key running muscles, and make space for the miles ahead.
- Focus: recovery
- Key muscles: hamstrings, hips, glutes
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Booty Lock Mitigation
Booty lock. It's pretty self-explanatory, right? If you never stretch your hips, you're probably familiar with this super stiff, uncomfortable feeling in your hips and glutes. The remedy? Use this routine to ease stiffness and maintain optimal range of motion.
- Focus: hip flexibility
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Recovery Boost for Runners
Sometimes, rest is best. Use this full body Reset to address common running imbalances from head to toe and kickstart your recovery.
- Focus: recovery
- Key muscles: feet, hamstrings, hips
- When: post-workout or recovery day
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Flexible Running Hamstrings
Can't touch your toes? No big deal. Your hamstrings should be like rubber bands, not guitar strings. This Reset will encourage your hammies to become more elastic and increase the fluidity of your stride.
- Focus: hamstring flexibility
- Key muscles: hamstrings, hips
- When: pre- or post-workout
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High Mileage Reset
Use this full body Reset after a big week of mileage, and especially during your peak weeks to absorb all of your hard work and ensure you don't dip into deficit. Embrace this recovery time is just as important and equally as productive as the miles themselves.
- Focus: recovery
- Key muscles: ca... -
Comprehensive Hip + Hamstring Reset
Use this comprehensive recovery routine for your hips and hamstrings to re-lengthen stiff hamstrings and restore hip range of motion. Enjoy the added bonus of easing low back pain and discomfort along the way. Includes Legs up the Wall and plenty of time for what's needed most post-workout: rest....
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Relax Deeply
Use props to support your body so that your tired muscles don't have to. This deeply relaxing Reset will ease overworked muscles and decrease any lingering tension in your system to optimize healing and recovery.
- Focus: recovery
- Key muscles: back, chest, shoulders, neck
- When: post-workout o...
