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Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, regularly shares training tips to help us improve our running, fitness and health. Today, Carrie discusses stretches we can do for our hamstrings, those important posterior thigh muscles in between the hip and the knee. An article by Runner's World stated: "Many runners have quadriceps muscles (on the top of the thigh) that are 30 to 40 percent stronger than their hamstrings (under the thigh)." The quadriceps help propel our legs froward, the hamstrings help pull our legs back. It is important to work and stretch our hamstrings to help the body maintain it's full motion. Grab a foam roller and a towel or rope and listen in as Carrie shows us some easy stretches.
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Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, regularly shares training tips to help us strengthen our running, fitness and health. This week’s training tip is about distance — and we have a great way to encourage more miles. We are launching a new challenge for the month of June called Month of Miles. The goal of this challenge is to help you increase your overall movement throughout the four weeks by logging some distance every single day, increasing your overall distance each week by 10 percent. Walking, jogging, intervals, running are all counted toward your goal. Remember, your only competition is YOU! Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, regularly shares training tips to help us strengthen our running, fitness and health. This week we dive into the first of our stretch series, with today's tip focusing on calves. As runners, it's important to stretch our calves as it will help prevent injury and improve running form. Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, regularly shares training tips regarding strengthening our running, fitness and health. During this unique season of virtual programming and solo runs, she wants to encourage you to check in — with yourself, your coaches and your MOTR community. Listen in! Moms on the Run National Fitness Director, Olympian Carrie Tollefson, regularly shares training tips to help us strengthen our running, fitness and health, and today she talks about modeling fitness with our families. At Moms on the Run, our vision is to help women lead healthier lives and model active lifestyles to inspire the next generation of healthy families. When our kids see us getting ready to head out for a run or doing stretches in front of the TV or eating something healthy, that tells them our bodies are important. Right now, we are in the middle of our Virtual Run. This can be a solo activity, a way for you to get those miles in, or it can be a family walk or run, where they do it with you. Getting your kids involved in some exercises and making it fun for them can give them a lifelong love of it. |
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