Athlete's Pocket Guide to Yoga - Softcover

Rountree, Sage

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1934030414 ISBN 13: 9781934030417

Publisher: VeloPress, 2009

Synopsis

Athletes come to the practice of yoga with muscle tightness from hours spent training and little time in their weekly schedules for lengthy sessions. At the height of the season, they often disappear from yoga classes altogether in favor of demanding sport-specific training, yet it is then that yoga can be most beneficial. Sage Rountree makes it easy for athletes to reap the benefits of yoga year-round. The Athlete's Pocket Guide to Yoga is set up to complement a rigorous training schedule. Athletes will find: -5-minute warm-ups to prepare for daily workouts -Strength sessions for the off-season and base periods -Flexibility sessions for when training grows more demanding, including 20-minute flexibility routines designed to follow workouts -Focus sessions incorporating breath exercises and meditation to improve recovery and sharpen mental toughness for competition Armed with this pocket guide, athletes can incorporate yoga into their training all year long. A spiral binding makes it easy to display pages during each routine, and attractive color photographs fluidly detail the individual poses. Sage also includes tips to simplify trickier poses or vary the routine from one session to the next. Careful consideration of the athlete's needs has earned Sage Rountree a committed following, and her newest book delivers a practical approach to yoga that will make good athletes better.

About this title

About the Author

Sage Rountree is America's leading expert on yoga for athletes. She is a certified endurance sports coach as well as an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance. She is a featured instructor at Kripalu and offers yoga workshops for athletes and coaches around the country as well as at Carolina Yoga Company, a yoga studio she co-owns. An accomplished competitor in running and triathlon, Sage has raced distances from sprint triathlon to Ironman (R), 400 meters to 40 miles, including the Boston Marathon and the 2008 Short-Course Age-Group World Championship in Vancouver, Canada, where she represented the U.S. as a member of Team USA. Sage is a frequent contributor to Runner's World, Triathlete, Competitor, and Yoga Journal magazines and has contributed to USA Triathlon Life, VeloNews, Running Times, Inside Triathlon, and Endurance magazines. Sage is the author of The Athlete's Guide to Yoga, The Runner's Guide to Yoga, The Athlete's Pocket Guide to Yoga, and The Athlete's Guide to Recovery.

From the Back Cover

For athletes, there's no better path to flexibility and recovery than yoga.
Sage Rountree--yoga teacher, athlete, and coach--knows how to make yoga work toward your goals, address your areas of tightness, and strengthen you for the demands of your sport. "The Athlete's Pocket Guide to Yoga" makes it easy to incorporate yoga into your everyday training all year long. Inside you'll find more than 50 illustrated routines:
- Five-minute warm-ups and cool-downs for daily workouts
- Strength routines for the off-season and base periods
- Restorative routines to prepare for competition and enhance recovery
- Flexibility sessions to target core, back and shoulders, hips and legs
"The Athlete's Pocket Guide to Yoga" is the ideal complement to your training schedule because it cultivates recovery, balance, and focus--ultimately making you a better athlete.
SAGE ROUNTREE is a registered yoga teacher and holds coaching certifications with USA Triathlon, Road Runners Club of America, and USA Cycling. She writes for "Runner's World "and "Yoga Journal "Online, and is the author of "The Athlete's Guide to Yoga" book and DVD.

Edition details

• Publisher: VeloPress
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1934030414
• ISBN 13: 9781934030417
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 160