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The most useful Mobility Exercises with Video Explanations

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Barbell Side Bends with Lu Xiaojun

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Here is a video of Lu Xiaojun doing some Barbell Side Bends in the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships training hall. Depending on how heavy you go these can be a great core strength exercise as well as a nice warm-up / mobility drill. Other name suggestions so far: Oblique Curls a.k.a. Hungarian ankle-Quixote a.k.a. The Stir-Fry 🙂 Check out more Lu […]

Full Depth ATG Squat Instruction from California Strength

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California Strength owner and coach, David Spitz, goes through coaching points and lower body stretches for a Full Depth Squat (ATG). And for good measure Max Aita shows how it is done with 300 kg (660 pounds). Positions: for high bar back squat vertical posture throughout the movement hips like a bucket of water, no tilting forward , keep it leveled […]

Pre Workout Spider Man Hip Stretch Mobility WOD

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Kelly Starrett has a little pre workout hip mobility WOD for better squats. MWOD: spider man lunge stretch twist your torso into your knee (belly button to knee), fixate foot with hand other side, push the knee out with your hand same thing with external rotation focus on outside of foot Check out more drills on Mobility 101.

3 Way Upright Torso Test Mobility WOD

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Kelly Starrett has 3 drills to asses & work on your upright torso position. Test: jump from kneeling position jump and land in the bottom squat position, knees out, torso slightly leaned forward same thing with hands behind the hand to simulate front squat position, trying to keep the torso upright straight arms above head

Psoas Active Release with Bumper Plate

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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 […]

Russ Ebbets Foot Drills to Fix Flat Feet

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Head on over to 70s Big. Justin wrote another post about Foot Drills that will fix your collapsed arch. I will give these Foot Drills by Russ Ebbets a try. Done daily these six drills will eliminate shin splints, Achilles’ tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, lessen the chance of a severe ankle sprain and virtually all knee problems. Check […]