Tag: Mobility Improvement

The Last Pelvis Post You’ll Ever Need

Unlock the secrets of pelvic biomechanics to enhance mobility across your lower back, hips, and legs. Master movements that mimic the subtle, yet powerful shifts of the sacrum, crucial for optimal muscle function and movement fluidity. Learn to test and tailor exercises to your body’s unique structure, ensuring every move translates into greater ease and less discomfort.

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Solve 90% of Movement Problems in 30 Days

Improve Your Posture and Mobility with Simple Self-Tests and Exercises If you’re trying to fix your posture and mobility, the internet can be confusing. There are so many opinions and solutions. It’s hard to know where to start.  The truth is, there’s no one-size-fits-all approach. You need to address your individual needs.  In this blog, you’ll learn a self-testing framework to pinpoint your specific mobility restrictions. These are the same tests and exercises I use with my clients to improve their mobility. Understanding Posture and Mobility A wise man, Obi-Wan Kenobi, once said, “Your eyes can deceive you, don’t trust them.” This applies to posture too. To know the best posture improving strategy for you, you must know what you’re dealing with. You need to test to see where your restrictions lie. Self-Testing Framework Here are five tests to help you identify your mobility restrictions: Categorizing your restrictions We will NOT look at these tests in isolation. We want to look at them as a cluster to determine what areas we must create more motion. While there are several possibilities, we can break limitations down broadly into the following categories: Now let’s look at what exercises will tackle each problem: Exercises to Improve Mobility What you want to do is figure out which category you fit, try the moves for 2-4 weeks, and recheck your measures to see if you need to progress to the next level or work on harder variations within the same category. Here’s what to do

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This INSTANTLY Improves Your Mobility

Unlock Your Shoulder Mobility Fast Experiencing shoulder discomfort or limitations? Enhancing your shoulder mobility is crucial for daily activities and sports performance. What if yours is questionable? Then you need to try the progression in this post. Your shoulder mobility will be WAY better. The Power of Hanging for Shoulder Mobility Hanging exercises, inspired by Dr. John Kirsch’s work, can improve shoulder girdle shape and mobility. More space in the shoulder joint equals more mobility and less discomfort. But there’s an added twist—what hanging does to your ribcage. Because it turns out, the ribcage is what your shoulder girdle sits on. The foundation. Hanging from a bar can help expand and move this area. Better ribcage mobility = better shoulder function. Gradual Progression is Key Jumping straight into a 1 arm dead hang isn’t a great first move. Like any exercise, you gotta ease into it. Build up your tolerance, and you’ll get CRAZY mobility improvements. Start with Supported Hanging Adding Movement to Hanging Once comfortable, incorporate movement into the hang. It’ll get your mobility like MEGA. You can try hip rotations. Swiveling the hips will rotate the torso. You can also swing your hips side to side, transferring weight from one shoulder to the other. Want to get real fancy? Lift one hand at the end of the shift. Alternate sides. Advanced Hanging Techniques Ready for more? Remove the box and follow the same progressions: 1. Full Hanging: Start by just hanging and breathing. 2. Rotations and Shifts: Use

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