Here is a 90 minute video playlist of Jump Stretch founder Dick Hartzell. Here are some Jump Stretch rubber band stretching routines. via Flex Bands for Sports: I especially like this squat band stretch. Go to Dave Draper’s site for more info.
Soft Tissue Massage Resource Athletes Treating Athletes
This is worth a bookmark. Athletes Treating Athletes is a great resource for all your soft tissue needs. If the daily grind has taken its toll and caused some overuse injuries this site will be of value for you. It offers detailed explanations of Self muscle massage, active muscle/tendon mobilizations, and joint mobilization techniques to restore […]
Couch Stretch Mobility WOD
Kelly Starrett’s first hip flexor torture Couch Stretch video. MWOD Episode 2 (first one was a 10 minute squat test). Crazy that this went up over a year ago… Check out more drills on Mobility 101.
Extreme Stretching – Jacek Malinowski
And now for some extreme flexibility. Check out Jacek Malinowski from Poland. WTF?! And here is his active flexibility put to use in some kicks.
Overhead Squats for Inflexible People
Greg Everett answers a question about Flexibility for Overhead Squats. First, overhead squat all day every day, even if it’s ugly and shallow. Fight to achieve the correct position and sit in as far as you can in that correct position, hold for a few seconds, then reach a bit further even if you feel […]
Spencer Moorman Headstand to Hamstring Stretch
Big boy Spencer Moorman does some gymnastics exercises. Headstand to Hamstrings headstand hold roll forward into toe touch hamstring stretch reverse the whole move backwards roll into a straddle stretch
Increasing Hip Mobility with Paused Squats
Over at r/weightroom there was the question What are good ways of increasing hip mobility? And threewhitelights provided a nice anecdote. After 2 years of trying to squat to parallel with good form, I finally found that nothing loosened my hips like pause squats. Squat down with a light weight (I used 135-155 when I was squatting 225) to […]
Starting Stretching – Beginner Stretching Routine Cheat Sheet & App
Here is a cheat sheet of the earlier mentioned Starting Stretching beginner stretching program. Update: Now available as iphone app. Here is another one
Middle and Front Split Stretches
While we’re talking stretching, here are some more tutorials on how to do middle and front splits. Flexible people always make it look so easy… But there are no miracles or secrets here, except for putting in time. Middle Split Tutorial Front Split Tutorial And here is his stretching routine.