Runner's Stretch

Technique

How to perform Runner's Stretch

1. Step one foot well behind you into a long split stance.
2. Bend the front knee and lower your torso, placing your hands on the floor on either side of the front foot.
3. Keep the front heel grounded and let your hips settle into the supported lunge without forcing the position.
4. Keeping hand support, move your hips upward and backward as you gradually straighten the front knee into the hamstring-stretch position.
5. Bend the front knee again and lower your hips back toward the lunge.
6. Repeat the controlled transition within your available range, then change which leg is in front.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved