Stand with feet hip-width apart and lower into a deep squat, bringing your hands to your chest. Shift your weight slightly ...

How it helps: Galvin says this lunge is a deep stretch for the hip flexors, quads and hamstrings, which are all important ...

These poses help to bring more oxygen into the ... or reach the hands up to the sky. Do your Runner's Lunge, lengthening the hamstrings, folding over. Peel the toes back toward the face.

Gently coming out of tree pose, and coming into a high runner's lunge with the right leg forward, left leg back. Lengthen the spine, bowing forward with the straight leg on the right side.