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...and keep your hands on a wall. Let one of your legs be bent forward and the other leg kept back with the knee straight and the feet facing in front. Make sure that your heels are touching the ground. Stay in this position for 15 to 30 seconds and repeat it with the other leg. The groin stretch is a running stretch that stretches the area of the groin and the inner thigh. It is also important for you to perform running stretches for the hamstring. These muscles are prone to injury so it is essential that they are stretched often.

Running yoga combines running, yoga, and meditation. It involves maintaining the calmness of meditation through the different yoga postures and running. The challenge in running yoga is to maintain the center while increasing the physical strain. While doing running yoga energy is channeled to different areas of the body. Classes of running yoga end in a relaxation process.

Before you start jogging performing stretches will help loosen up the muscles and prevent an injury. An effective jogging stretch for the adductors is done by standing straight with your feet spread apart to the width of approximately two shoulders. While keeping your back straight bend your right leg and lower your body. By doing this you will feel the adductor muscle of your left leg stretch. You can maintain balance by keeping your arms extended. Once you complete repeat the same with the left leg. Running stretches for the knees will help strengthen the muscles of the knee and improve flexibility of the joint.

The Iliotibial band stretch is an effective stretch to perform. To do this stretch you should be standing upright. Let your right leg cross behind your left leg. Lean towards your left till you feel the outside of the thigh region stretch. Remain in this position for 30 seconds and repeat with the other leg each five times.

Before you start running performing warm-ups will enable your tendons and muscles to stretch and prevent the risk of them snapping. You should never engage in any form of exercise without doing some warm-up and stretching exercises. By doing a warm-up before you begin, not only will the flexibility of your joints be increase but the chances of injury will be reduced.

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