Yoga is an amazing supplement to a swimmer’s core training program. Like any other activity you need to have a strong foundation and focus on the fundamentals to ensure your practice is effective.

In this short yoga for swimmers practice you will learn how to do some of the most fundamental poses in yoga.

The poses that are focused on in this video include:

MOUNTAIN

Cues:

• Stand with your feet hip distance apart and pointed straight forward
• Feel into the four corners of the feet – big toe mound, little toe mound, inner and outer side of the heel
• Legs come towards straight with a micro bend in the knee
• Hips are in a neutral position
• Core slightly engaged
• Shoulders relax back and down
• Lengthen the neck feeling the ears come over the shoulders
• Arms are relaxed at the sides of the body with the palms pointed straight forward

STANDING FORWARD FOLD

Cues:

• Start in mountain pose
• On an inhale raise your arms up and out to the sides then overhead
• On an exhale:
  • Keep your core strong and spine long
  • Leading with your chest
  • Fold forward hinging at your hips
• Allow your knees to bend enough that the upper body is coming close to or onto your thighs
• Allow your head to hang and your neck to relax

HIGH PUSH UP POSITION

Cues:

• Have the fingers spread wide and pointed straight forward
• The shoulders are over the elbows the elbows are over the wrists
• Press the ground away feeling the upper back fill up the space between the shoulder blades
• Keep the spine long and the hips in line with the spine
• Strongly engage your core and your glutes

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