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Use Yoga Every Day — to Solve *Your* Problems

Use yoga every day. We’ve been asking what your imbalances are — What injuries are you recovering from or mitigating? Where do you need more strength or flexibility? What problems are real for you, right now?

We love your feedback and it’s always interesting to see the universal threads. Many of you are navigating similar issues. Back pain. Glutes not firing properly. Crunched posture from hours over your desk. Calfs, Achilles, feet all talking to you. Knee strain. High hamstring pain, but unsure how to stretch...

We hear you!

We’ll continue to recommend one key video every day. And this week we’ll also equip you with a longer plan for common imbalances if you want to use more — these are linked below, too. Remember, you can make playlists of your favorites for quick access! Highly recommend getting your top videos together and hitting one of them daily to solve your problems, optimize your performance, and help avoid injury.

Bookmark the plan and follow @athletesforyogahq, where we’ll share the daily video!


DAILY PLAN

MAY 18 – MAY 24

MONDAY

PROBLEM

LAZY GLUTES

“I've really been enjoying your videos, especially the quick resets. My right glute also has a hard time activating. Any suggestions?”

“Any specific recommendations you have for a runner with a ‘shifty’ pelvis, tight back/hips, and a right glute medius that likes to shut down will be greatly appreciated!”

“Oh, and get those glutes to fire properly!”

SOLUTION

VIDEO: How to Activate Your Glutes

COLLECTIONS: Glute + Hip Strength | Glutes: Isolate, Activate, Strengthen | Hamstring Resets

MORE INFO: Use Yoga to Solve Marathoner Problems: Weak Glutes | Use Yoga: Isolate + Activate Your Glutes

TUESDAY

PROBLEM

SITTING ALL DAY

“I'd appreciate some guidance to get into a routine of practicing yoga to work on my mobility. Sitting all day at home hasn't been helping with that.”

“Something to address the nigglies from sitting all day and poor posture.”

“Neck/upper back/shoulders — sitting at a desk all compounded by time spent on the bike.”

SOLUTION

VIDEO: Full Body Mobility | How to Hit Reset Anywhere | Hit a 5-Minute Reset every hour

COLLECTIONS: Full Body Resets | Upper Body Resets | Glute + Hip Strength | Upper Body Strength

MORE INFO: Yoga for Real: Desk Reset | Hip Circles

WEDNESDAY

PROBLEM

KNEE PAIN

“What do you recommend for someone who is used to running off-road, now has to run on-road and has sore knees from it? What do I need to strengthen or lengthen?”

“I have runner’s knee. What should I do?”

SOLUTION

VIDEO: Align Your Stride

COLLECTIONS: Knees: Align Your Stride

MORE INFO: Use Yoga to Solve Marathoner Problems: Knee Pain

THURSDAY

PROBLEM

IT BAND ISSUES

“I'd love some suggestions for IT band relief.”

“Tight IT bands!”

SOLUTION

VIDEO: Side Body Balance Flow | Booty Lock Mitigation

COLLECTIONS: Side Body Resets | Hip Resets

MORE INFO: Booty Lock Mitigation | Cross-Legged Forward Fold | Stacey Privia’s 365 Days of Athletes for Yoga

FRIDAY

PROBLEM

TiGHT HAMSTRINGS + HIGH HAMSTRING PAIN

“I’ve got a crabby high hamstring pain and not sure of the best way to support it without irritating it — would love help with that!”

“High hamstring pain.”

“I’m a runner currently sidelined due to some nagging high hamstring tendinopathy on my left side…”

“I have chronic piriformis pain.”

SOLUTION

VIDEO: Comprehensive Hip + Hamstring Reset | Booty Lock Mitigation

COLLECTIONS: Hip Resets | Hamstring Resets

MORE INFO: Use Yoga to Solve Marathoner Problems: Hip Imbalances

SATURDAY

PROBLEM

LOW BACK PAIN

“I need something for post-long run recovery! My calves are always SO tight, and I also get weirdly tight in my mid-back.”

“Lower back!”

“Spiking up for workouts is killin' my calves, but would also love to see something on lower back release/mobility.”

SOLUTION

VIDEO: Lily Partridge’s Back Reset | 5-Minute Back Reset

COLLECTIONS: Hip Resets | Core Strength

MORE INFO: Hip Circles for Low Back Pain | Restorative Bridge | Train Your Core

SUNDAY

PROBLEM

TIGHT CALVES

“I need something for post-long run recovery! My calves are always SO tight!”

“Calves and achilles.”

“Spiking up for workouts is killin' my calves.”

“Calves, plantar fasciitis, and it bands tight. 😁”

“I'm also chronically dealing with a tight left calf that has resulted in a previous stress fracture in the tibia.”

SOLUTION

VIDEO: 5-Minute Calf Reset

COLLECTIONS: Lower Leg + Foot Resets

MORE INFO: Calf Pumping