Sadly, I was too busy finishing off the mince pies and Xmas pudding to realise I missed posting this last year. But it’s 12th day of Christmas today. So bah humbug and here it is. Reprinted courtesy of Carolyn. This exercise combines your press ups with a version of an…
This is one that I’ll be doing this month 🙂 The advanced side plank Lie on your side, with your feet on top of each other, knees together and elbow under your shoulder. Lift your hip off the ground; make a straight line from your shoulder to your hip…
While the weather is still warm and you can lie down in the sunshine! Septembers core exercise is: The Sit Up – The Reverse Curl The reverse curl uses your lower abdominal muscles Start by lying on your back, with your hips at 90 degrees and your feet facing the…
Sorry a bit late this month! You all have been training hard this summer. Hopefully you are also working on your core and posture. One purpose of our ‘core corner’ is to help you to develop a stretch regime that will form an effective posture, with the strength to sustain it,…
The Mob 5k Matches took care of July’s exercise. But with the sun out this week I have reflected back to an exercise we published 7 years ago in July. From Carolyn’s range of helpful exercises and topics, I reproduce the following exercise [with preamble :)]: July [2013] brought good…
Let’ start of with a riddle to check that you have been taking in all the information we have been publishing to help you get fitter and better prepared for running. You should be able to fill in the missing words by now… ‘A strong trunk (or core) gives you…
As one lady member once said: Following a recent attempt at yoga, I can confirm that if one only runs, then one is only fit for running and no other type of challenging activity! My experience reminded me that cross training is better for the body than one single pursuit,…
For those who need reminding the core corner message remains the same; ‘a strong trunk (or core) gives you the strength to hold a good posture, keeping your lower limbs biomechanically efficient and less at risk of injury. And stretching helps to realign your skeleton, keeping your soft tissues at…
Due to the current Covid-19 outbreak and current self-isolation, the website which relies heavily on key workers, who may have other duties; and local heroes who send in articles to help with the web publishing has suffered recently with lack of input from its members! The website is now currently…
Having a strong core and flexible muscles helps you to run more efficiently and to avoid injuries. This Sit Up and Stretch! series of exercises from Carolyn provides some more ideas in order to keep your exercise programme varied, something new each month. So here we go. Specific v general…
