Most runners know they should do more stretching and mobility, but long routines feel like homework, and the usual poses get old fast. You don\u2019t need anything fancy to loosen up after a run\u2014just a few shapes that feel good right away and don\u2019t ask your body to do anything dramatic. Here are four easy moves you can try on the living-room floor tonight, each one doing something useful for tight, overworked runner legs.<\/p>\n
This opens the side body, outer hip and the area along the IT band<\/a> without forcing anything. It\u2019s a gentle way to soften the spots that tighten from repetitive forward movement.<\/p>\n Lie flat on your back with legs straight.<\/p>\n Slide both feet toward the right corner of your mat.<\/p>\n Reach both arms overhead, and lean them slightly to the right.<\/p>\n Keep your left hip down so you feel a long stretch along your left side.<\/p>\n Stay for 30\u201360 seconds, then switch sides.<\/p>\n