This will satisfy your weekly monthly dose of half naked Justiness. Adding to his recent post on causes for Hyperlordosis he made a video explaining how to find your psoas. roll on one side imagine a line connecting the hip bone and belly button on that line go 5cm off from the belly button, right next to […]
Sitting Kills Hip Mobility MWOD
Kelly Starrett tackles the greatest evil of our modern world. Sitting. Test: Can you get 120-130 degrees of range of motion in a knee raise? I failed. pulling yourself forward when in the bottom position of the squat creates a pseudo flat back (man belly – anterior pelvic tilt) instead, push the knees out to create torque On […]
Psoas Active Release with Bumper Plate
In his T Nation article Break Up Those Hips and Fix That Squat Adam Vogel goes through a couple of mobility exercises to increase hip range of motion. Nothing groundbreaking if you have been following along Kelley Starrett’s Mobility WODs. However the Psoas Active Release with a plate is something I am going to try. Because the psoas sits so deep […]
Homemade Compression Bands Mobility WOD
Kelly Starrett with another bondage Compression Bands mobility WOD. Tools: compression bands buy the Compression Bands from Rogue or make your own with some bicycle inner tubes. Split them in half. Et voilà. MWOD: compress the high hamstring area (medial hamstring, psoas) do usual rubber band stretches Check out more drills on Mobility 101.
Rubber Band Hip Flexor Stretch Variations Mobility WOD
Kelly Starrett with a variation to the rubber band hip flexor stretch. Variation #1: squeeze glutes, then lean back Bonus: put arm overhead and lean back Variation #2: from a split stance, squeeze glutes lower down into a lunge, while keeping tension Check out more drills on Mobility 101.