Sunday, December 29, 2013

Yoga for Triathletes With Tight Lower Back and Bad Knees

I am putting together a series for the quirks of Triathletes with a focus on freeing the lower back and also avoiding extreme knee flexion. The repetitive muscular actions of running and cycling create quad heavy strength, tightness in the hamstrings, hips and low back. Also cycling is a hunched activity so the front side of the body becomes tight, including the abdomen, chest and throat. Swimming gets good range of motion in the shoulders, but the repetitive twisting motion and the limited range of motion in the hips and legs creates more tightness in the hips and lower back. Also since all the triathlon activities are so full of forward motion, I want to create a little stillness and balance. 

Here is the series as it stands right now:

1. Cat - Cow
2. High Lunge Backbend, Kneeling Forward Bend
3. Salute to Sun with Dolphin
4. Half Moon Series (with Triangle, Revolving Triangle and Forehead to Knee)
5. Eagle
6. Standing Bow
7. Balancing Stick
8. Balancing Half Moon
9. Standing Separate Legs Stretching with Shoulder Stretch
10. Squat
11. Crow
12. Abdominals
13. Happy Baby
14. Pigeon on Back
15. Bridge/Wheel
16. Cobra
17. Locust
18. Full Locust
19. Bow
20. Half Tortoise
21. Camel
22. Forehead to Knee
23. Stretching
24. Separate Legs Stretching
25. Cobbler
26. Cow Face
27. Seated Spinal Twist
28. Straight Legs Twist
29. Lateral Twist (separate legs)
30. Eagle Legs Twist

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