Kelly Starrett shows us how to address shoulder problems by improving thoracic mobility and rib mobility. Foam Roller seesaw movement side to side lateral motion arms extended overhead thoracic extension Double Lacrosse Ball pick a spot and extend over it side to side oscillation Single Lacrosse Ball one arm overhead extension Check out more drills on Mobility 101.
Forearm Elbow Pain Treatment Mobility WOD
Lucky me, I had never had elbow / forearm pain and part of the reason for this is the prehab work I do every day. Be it after workouts or while at work I will do forearm stretches everyday. So If you have trouble with the tissues in your forearm I highly recommend starting do […]
More Shoulder Warm Up Exercises
Here are some more Shoulder Warm-Up exercises. Perform 2 rounds of the following: 15 reps Arm cross swings 25 reps rubber band pulls 15 reps of Ws Ys Ts on a exercise ball 25 reps of band pulls 15 wall extensions (aka stick ups) 15 reps push up variations
Get your hip ready for some lifting Mobility WOD
Kelly Starrett and Jami Tikkanen have a nice modification to that classic lying “squat against a wall” band drill. This one you can squeeze in before your lifting session to get your hip area ready for action. By getting into the shown figure four position you are simultaneously working external and internal rotation. Plus, the […]
Trigger Happy Shoulders
Cassidy Phillips, inventor the quad roller and trigger point ball takes over today’s MWOD and shows some techniques for increasing internal rotation in no time. In usual MWOD fashion they use active tack and stretch (breath, release, pivot) to tackle the Pec major and Pec minor and create movement that puts the muscle on tension. Result: significantly increased shoulder range of motion […]
Rest day – Active recovery – Prehab
I haven’t had a true rest day in the last weeks. Usually my rest days are low volume days (every fourth day) where I practice handstands, do some core work and prehab. After a pretty heavy workout week, today I skipped the handstand work (because I will focus on those this week) and bascially did […]
How to Prevent Insufficient Recovery in HIT
Thomas Kurz has a quick post on “How to Prevent Insufficient Recovery in High-Intensity Training “ 6. To find out when it is safe to do intense exercises (and for a sore calf, jogging and running are intense resistance exercises), press deep into the muscles to be exercised. You can poke them with your finger, […]
Ankle Range of Motion – Sliding Tissue Work
Mobility WOD never disappoints. Especially the latest two episodes are real eye openers for somebody with poor ankle range of motion (Dorsiflexion) like me. It is amazing what impact the skin sliding ability has on mobility. See Kelly Starrett transform an ankle from negative to positive ROM in no time. So here it was not […]
Shoulder Range and Positional Inhibition
This MWOD comes in really handy after having done lots of dips today. Thanks Mr. Starrett for being awesome. Check out Mobility 101 for more mobility awesomeness. “
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