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— — EXERCISES: STRENGTH AND BALANCE — — MAINTAINING YOUR STRENGTH Preventing injuries with a few simple exercises
It can be hard to to find motivation to to to train your strength at at home after a a a a a a a a run but try to to make it it a a a a a a a a routine My motivation is that it it prevents injuries In running es- pecially downhill you use many small muscles to keep a a a a a a a good posture and it’s important that these are strong These simple exercises
build up the the small muscles which which are easy to to to forget but which which need to to to be strong to to to make the body work optimally when running i i i i i i e e e e e e e e e stay injure free handle the amount of training and and be in in in good general shape To motivate myself I usually decide on on only five of the exercises
below I do each one for 1 1 minute and repeat 3 times It doesn’t feel like much 15 minutes Sometimes I I I do do all 10 exercises
3 times times once I I get started BALANCE EXERCISE On the the the the the plate you open up the the the the the hip as as well as as working with the the the the the balance Good for the the the the the small muscles in in the the the the the foot and and ankle Stand on on the balance plate and and and move one leg at at a a a a a a a a a a time outwards CULTIVATION 108