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The most useful Mobility Exercises with Video Explanations

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Bench Press Shoulder Setup Mobility WOD

February 28, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Kelly Starrett is setting your shoulder for the bench press. create external rotation with a broomstick / PVC pipe use a rubber band to keep the shoulder pressed back in the socket

Charles Poliquin Active Release Technique (ART)

February 24, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Charles Poliquin performs active release technique (ART) on IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Ben Pakulski’s arms. Nothing fancy but a deep tissue massage. Click here to refresh your arm anatomy knwoledge. Update: Of course you can achieve similar results using compression bands. Here is Kelly Starrett using a compression band to treat elbow pain.

Serratus Anterior Mobility WOD

February 22, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Kelly Starrett working your serratus. dynamic stretching sitting side stretch foam roll your serratus / lat area

What is normal active range of motion? MWOD

February 22, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Kelly Starrett on “What is normal active range of motion?”. With legs straight you should be able to grab a bar (without overextending at the hips).

Sitting Kills Hip Mobility MWOD

February 22, 2012 By Gregor Winter

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 […]

Double Rubber Band Hip Mobility

February 20, 2012 By Gregor Winter

What’s better than single band distracted hip stretches? That’s right! Double Band Distracted Hip Stretches!!1! Matt Wichlinski shows you how it’s done. Quadruple band hip stretches anyone?

Quad Smash MWOD

February 19, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Pat Mendes and Glenn Pendlay visited San Francico CrossFit. And Pat got a painful bromantic quads massage by Kelly Starrett. Check out more drills on Mobility 101.

Compression Bands for Tendonitis Treatment

February 18, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Glenn Pendlay had some success treating tendonitis using compression bands. A tip he got from Kelly Starrett who talked about it here, here and here. Check out more drills on Mobility 101. Kevin Cornell seems to be not exactly overjoyed about Glenn having found out about this treatment 🙂 Update: Kelly Starrett also has a similar video. Using compression band […]

Shoulder Internal Rotation Mobility WOD

February 16, 2012 By Gregor Winter

After the squat cycle Kelly Starrett is here to work your shoulder internal rotation. Part 1: barbell shoulder smash (click here for similar MWODs) pec major / minor with lacrosse ball banded internal rotation Part 2: similar to this MWOD lacrosse ball on thoracic spine, lower part of scapula internal rotation with band barbell shoulder smash Part 3: […]