PILATES FOR RUNNERS makes it easy to integrate Pilates into your routine. No matter your fitness level, you’ll find practical, time-efficient workouts designed to complement your running and elevate your performance.
Tight hips, weak glutes, poor posture, and repetitive strain can slow you down—or sideline you altogether. That’s where Pilates comes in. Pilates provides the foundation for sustainable running. It strengthens your core, improves flexibility, enhances balance, and sharpens mental focus—all essential for efficient, injury-free running.
Whether you’re training for a race or running for fitness, Pilates helps you run with better form and less effort; prevents common injuries like IT band syndrome, shin splints, and runner’s knee; and makes recovery faster while building long-term resilience.
PILATES FOR RUNNERS includes full-color photos, over 50 exercises with detailed instructions, training flows designed specifically for runners, and pre- and post-run warm up and mobility routines.
New York Times bestselling author and ultrarunner Dean Karnazes, who wrote the foreword, calls the book “an indispensable resource to keep you going, mile after mile.”
About the Author
SEAN VIGUE is a fitness entrepreneur who has taught thousands of classes around the world and has appeared in over 2000 health and fitness videos. Sean specializes in yoga, Pilates, and flexibility training. He has been featured on such outlets as Fox News, The Huffington Post, The Washington Post, Lifestyle for Men magazine, The Success 101 Podcast, Orlando Sentinel, Pilates Style Magazine, Martial Arts Chat, HASfit and FitBottomedGirls.com. He has an extensive social media presence including over 250K+ subscribers on his YouTube channel, over 13K followers on Facebook and over 12K followers on Instagram. He currently lives near Knoxville, TN.
Praise for Pilates for Runners
“In Pilates for Runners, Sean Vigue shows you how to harness Pilates’ most powerful benefits: greater strength and mobility, improved breathing and coordination, and more drive in every stride. Discover how Pilates can help you move with confidence, prevent common injuries and keep you running for years to come.”
—Brooke Siler, author of New York Times bestseller The Pilates Body
“As endurance athletes, we often chase miles and intensity, but true performance comes from body awareness, control and efficient movement. Pilates for Runners gives runners the tools to move better, stay injury-free, and build the kind of durability that lasts beyond the finish line.”
—Andrejs Birjukovs, ultra-endurance athlete, resilience coach and author of The Resilient Athlete
“Runners, like most athletes, tend to do too much of what they enjoy and not enough of what allows them to continue to be able to do what they enjoy. Filling their training gaps with practices like Pilates enables you them to do what they enjoy at a higher level with a lower risk of injury. There’s no person I’d recommend more than Sean Vigue when it comes to Pilates.”
—Dean Pohlman, founder of Man Flow Yoga & bestselling author of Yoga Fitness for Men and Yoga for Athletes
“An essential tool for runners. Sean Vigue makes Pilates accessible, enjoyable and energizing. A key component in any runner’s training arsenal.”
—Jennifer Strong McConachie, author of Go Far and Go Multisport
“As someone who has spent decades training elite and professional athletes—over 3,000 of them across nearly every sport—I’ve seen firsthand that real performance isn’t just about strength or speed: it’s about balance, awareness, and control. Pilates for Runners captures that truth perfectly. This book bridges the gap between raw power and refined movement, helping runners develop the stability and alignment that keep them running strong, mile after mile.”
—Gwen Lawrence, LMT, creator of Power Yoga for Sports
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Pilates for Runners
Written by Sean Vigue
Foreword by Dean Karnazes
978-1-961293-50-2, $19.95 paperback
978-1-961293-51-9, $9.99 ebook
Published by Hatherleigh Press.
Distributed through Penguin Random House.
Available wherever books are sold.
