Guide Rating - 
The Bottom Line
If you do yoga and are just looking for a good routine to do at home, this is an awesome DVD for you. However, if you aren't familiar with yoga or you are as unflexible as most runners are, then this may be a difficult DVD for you.
Pros
- Great Stretching Routine!
Cons
- Expensive
- Hard To Follow If You Don't Know Yoga
Description
- One 20-minute routine
- Part of The Total Training Fitness & Performance Series
- Poses performed by Steve Tarpinian
- Yoga instructions by Mary Angela Buffo
- Aimed primarily at runners and triathletes
Guide Review - Yoga For Endurance Athletes DVD Review
I really enjoyed this yoga routine, but feel that the instructions given are difficult to follow if you don't already know some yoga. It is also not a beginner's yoga video because of the stretches that it chooses for the routine; many runners may find it difficult to complete the routine, even with the suggestions the video gives for some of the poses.
The routine is probably the best one I've ever seen in its usefulness to runner (and triathletes). Doing this 20 minute routine several times a week would definitely decrease your likelihood of being hurt during running and would also allow you to get more out of your running routine. The makers suggest that you use this routine a minimum of three times a week to see results.
If you are willing to pay the price for the DVD, have some yoga experience (even just a little), and are willing to continue trying until you are flexible enough to be able to complete the routine, Yoga For Endurance Athletes is a good choice for you. But if you are looking for an easy or beginning yoga or stretching routine, I suggest you look somewhere else.
