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Rolling Out.
No, I’m not talking about the Ludacris song.
MOBILITY
The “M” word.
Kind of a dirty word in the wellness community because it isn’t sexy and it takes a lot of time. Usually people who focus on mobility in a gym are stereotyped as time-wasters, or commented on, “look at that person over there rolling on the foam, I’ll just do a quick stretch and be done with it.” For many folks, we skip it because it doesn’t feel important, or “there isn’t enough time”.
Let me tell you that you couldn’t be more wrong. I had a coach say to me once that you don’t have to use hook grip, but you don’t have to make gains. I feel like you could replace hook grip in this instance with mobility. (For those of you who don’t know what a hook grip is, it’s a barbell technique for your hands that you wrap your four fingers around your thumb while holding the barbell to increase your grip strength for lifts such as the clean or snatch).
Mobility plays such a huge part in fitness and health for not only your joints and muscles, but also your ability to progress in strength.
If you increase your muscles and joints pliability, you’re going to give them the ability to absorb, endure, and take on different loads and during different kind of training. Even if you walk every day, you would…
