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This simple sequence helps strengthen the muscles that stabilize the shoulder blade, providing a more stable platform for the repetitive shoulder movements used during swimming and helping to prevent a hunched posture from hours on the bike. Use this series as a warm-up prior to resistance training, or standing without the stability ball prior to swimming.

Luke Humphrey talks about the importance of being conscious of exactly how you train, and why slowing down matters.

 

Do the following three yoga poses after a workout to increase your flexibility and reduce your risk of injury.

Within the general population, the prevalence of low back pain ranks second only to the common cold as a cause of all physician visits.

Jeff Watters owns Motor City Bootcamp, Watters Performance Enhancement, and is co-owner of GLTeams.com, an event company that produces adventure races and the Bump and Run Trail Series.

Jeff will be writing the Bodywork column in Michigan Sports & Fitness Magazine and OutdoorAthlete.com

 

This short article looks at some of the tips, tricks and helpful hints you can use to help prevent sports injury. It's been put together to answer some of the more common questions we get regarding stretching and sports injury, and details a number of useful sports injury prevention techniques.

In training for your race goal, you improved your fitness, your attitude and your energy level. This doesn’t have to go away after the race. By setting new goals and other projects ahead of time, you can maintain your enhanced fitness and move on to other running experiences.