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Kelly Starrett shows an after workout band distracted hip stretch. This tackles the complete groin area (iliopsoas = psoas major, psoas minor, iliacus) This thing is the holy grail. Tools: rubber band plate 2-3 minutes a side Check out more drills on Mobility 101. Definitely going to try this tomorrow.
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.
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.
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 [...]
It’s time for a 10 min squat test again. I haven’t done one of those in a while. Below is Kelly Starrett from a 10 minute squat test Mobility WOD. focus on maintaining your arch get on a box, drop one foot play around Check out Mobility 101 for more mobility awesomeness.
