Useful Stretches

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Lying IT Band Stretch

June 2, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Try this one. 4 Point IT Band Stretch bring knee forward, heel to butt lift knee straight to ceiling, then bring it straight back knee straight down to the floor use other leg for leverage to press down on your knee Comes in handy after yesterday’s 531 squat session. Did front squats for the 5×10 […]

Dmitry Klokov Anterior Ankle / Quad Stretch

May 26, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is Dmitry Klokov stretching his Tibialis anterior muscle together with all the little muscles in the feet. Similar to the stretches Kevin Cornell showed us. You can see Dmitry’s complete warm-up routine here. Check out more drills on Mobility 101 for more. Thanks to Emilia for letting me post the photo. Update: Video of the stretch / Warm up (at 2:03)

Revisiting the Seated Hip Stretch

May 15, 2012 By Gregor Winter

A nice PNF style stretch to do while you rot in the office. Also, do it both ways. resisting the the knee, while pushing it up (as shown in the video), then press it down into the stretch contracting the glutes, pushing the knee down for a couple of seconds, then lean forward & pull […]

Weighted Shoulder Flex Pulls

May 8, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Here is an exercise to increase active shoulder flexibility – Weighted Shoulder Flex Pulls. 1 set of 10 reps (hold the last rep for 10 seconds) Check out Mobility 101 for more mobility awesomeness.

Wrist & Forearm Prehab/ Rehab Stretches

April 12, 2012 By Gregor Winter

This is not just for you gymnasts working on your planches, but also for Olympic weightlifters. Since in Olympic lifting you are spending a lot of time with your wrists in extension, it might be wise to get in some prehab work done by focusing on flexion. Of course once you get more comfortable with […]

CrossFit Games Open Workout 12.5 Preparation

March 25, 2012 By Gregor Winter

The CrossFit mobilizers, Kelly Starrett & Carl Paoli have some good tips & mobility drills for Workout 12.5: Complete as many reps as possible in 7 minutes following the rep scheme below: 100 pound Thruster, 3 reps 3 Chest to bar Pull-ups 100 pound Thruster, 6 reps 6 Chest to bar Pull-ups 100 pound Thruster, […]

P90X Stretch Video

March 4, 2012 By Gregor Winter

I’m having a rest day today. Only thing I’ll do is stretching. Found this hour long P90X stretch video. It’s a pretty good top to bottom routine. So let’s suck at stretching together. Exercise List: Sun Salutations Neck Stretch Back Up the Car Head Rolls Expand Chest Shoulder Stretch Forearm Flex Dreya Stretch Cat Stretch Glute […]

Ankle ROM for Squatting Mobility WOD

February 29, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Kelly Starrett works ankle mobility. Nothing fancy, just camping out in good position (not letting the arch collapse and knees come in). This pretty much describes my ankle issues.Too tight to let me reach proper squat depth without elevated heels (on plates or oly shoes). If there only was such a thing as Achilles tendon implants / enlargement. I would get that.

Calf / Ankle Stretching with Machines

February 28, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Charles Poliquin posted something about low squatting a.k.a. squatting. Because if it ain’t low it’s not a squat. In tip 3 he suggests using the calf raise machines (seated & standing) to get a maximum stretch. Standing Calf Raise Machine, 3-5 rounds with knees locked (to stretch the soleus and the gastrocnemius) lower your heels as low as […]