12/16/2025
Core Exercises That Improve Running Form.
If your posture is faulty, your running suffers!
Healthy posture, whether you're standing in line or racing a marathon, maximizes power in big muscles, like the gluteals and obliques, and allows your organs to work better, including your lungs. Being more upright opens the diaphragm and makes breathing easier.
One cause of bad posture is a lack of core strength.
These nine key exercises target the "new core" to get you sitting, standing, and running in a healthier, more efficient way—one your first-grade teacher would be proud to see.
Plank variations:
Plank is the exercise that targets all core. Focus on keeping your body straight by contracting all muscles – core, abs, glutes, hips and back.
Hip Abduction:
Hip abduction is a great exercise to strengthen hips. That really helps to stabilize the knee and promote efficient leg swing during the run.
Bird-Dog:
Bird Dog exercise helps to promote good posture. We often focus on strong abs and chest and really forget about postural muscles – back and hamstrings. All of these muscles help to maintain good running form and healthy posture, which improves performance and prevents injuries.
