Hey Supple Warriors,
Today we are going to tweak the couch stretch and explore some ugly areas of the lower leg.
The goal: Try to work in the business while watching TV. Yeah, it turns out that commercials are really just little time packages of pain. I know watching TV isn’t “paleo”, just think of it as another element of Starrett-Paleo. Paleo/Zone with dessert AND TV.
I digress.
Seriously, the point is to try and find opportunities in your day to day life where you can sneak this mobility crap in.
I like to think about it as: Pain makes you beautiful.
Test: Can you squeeze your butt to control over extension/loss of position of your lumbar when under extension load?
MWOD: See if you can spend 2-3 minutes tweaking with the coach stretch.
1 min each on the front of your lower legs
1 min each with your elbow on your inner lower leg
See? Have you cake and tear open your hip capsules too.
Kstar
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Hell! Don't apologize for video quality, its just fine..and the value outweighs it 100fold.
Thanks again Kelly! I just picked up a lacrosse ball and have been finding some "business" for sure. Started in on the heel cord which is literally my achilles heel for all things Crossfit. Huge disparity between right (good) side and and left (old injury) side. So I'm hoping to get in there and get some work done and start overhead squatting (correctly), flexibility permitting.
Don't you ever, ever, ever apologise for video quality again Kelly!
What you're doing is so valuable to people who would have no other resource to turn to for mobility advice they can trust. There's no way i can express how grateful I am for this and I know that a lot of other people feel the same way.
You are the last person who should be apologising after giving up your time to do this.
that was a nice!
thanks for your effort!
Brother: Vid quality is fine and the cost (vid qual) : benefit (info) ration is greatly weighted in favor of BENEFITS! Thanks.
Also, I love that you mentioned doing this shit in front of that television. The other day I was filling up my gas tank, you know after rolling up all fumagating the place. So I decided I had at least 4 minutes of fill time – did the calf stretching right there with pre-post squat test, sure the patrons were looking at me like FTW? but i try to do these MobWods when I can. Thanks this has been fantastic!
As for TV being PAleo – flintstones brother!
I agree with nate and metric, you shouldn't apologize for sure. You're giving up your personal time to provide this information for free. You should be commended.
I've seen all the posts so far, but I haven't read the comments. So if this question was already answered, just tell me to look at old comments.
I'm wondering when pain is bad. How do you know if you're pinching down on nerves? Will you go numb?
I'm also hoping you can get super specific with as much neck mobility as you can throw out.
Thanks again for your time, Kelly.
Kelly! Your stuff is golden! I gotta have more mobility/cowbell! Video quality is never going to be an issue man. This is such a valuable resource and I appreciate that you take the time out of your busy life, and families, to do this. It makes it easy for me to take a little bit of my day to properly mobilize. Thanks Brochacho you're the king.
-David Hagerty
thanks for the new MWOD. I'm digging these. Can't wait to do this one today while watching some football.
Please don't apologize for video quality…you could draw stick figures and I'd be coming back for more every day…this stuff is GOLDEN!!
Dude, you've helped me out is so many ways: gaining PR's, recovering from injuries, being able to perform movements properly, and the list goes on. There's no way you should be apologizing for the video quality. These should just be quick and easy uploads so you can spend more time with your kids.
Video quality is awesome, love this stuff. Keep 'em coming.
Jeez @Anonymous, don't encourage him, I can see stick figures appealing to Kelly.
Although you could get your girls to help out…
Hey K-Star,
Love this stuff. The video quality gives it your epic awesomeness… The iphone work is making M. Night Shamamalan (or whatever his name is) jealous! lol Thanks again!
LOVE the video quality. Please don't apologize. This is a tremendous service. Thank you. Also love seeing family cameos. Pass the thanks on to them too.
K-Starr. Keep em coming bro! This is the stuff that we need!
Awesomeness = giving us multiple ways to improve mobility. A search for 'hip' produces 15 instances.
K-star, even with just iphone video you are able to bring the pain! The couch stretch…you know when you are breaking off a chicken wing…that's what my hip felt like it was gonna do. Feel great now, thanks a million.
Thanks for saving my back, knees and shoulders. I have learned so much this past month about proper movement patterns. This stuff should be taught in school. I never would have done any of this if it wasn't for you.
Over the couse of the day I have accumulated:
10:00 full squat
3:00 ea couch stretch
10:00 playing on the slack line with the kids.
3:00 ea. Bully shoulder/neck
10:00 thoracic extension with taped lacrosse balls
3:00 ea. Lat stretch
3:00 ea. Lax ball on chest/shoulder
5:00 foam rolling
This is a certified stretching and mobility PR for me! (and you said that couldn't be done.)
3:00 ea. Lacrosse ball on the scapula with extension
Really like the new angle for the couch stretch
thanks KStar!!