miliangry.blogg.se - Mobility workout

If the shoulders slump forward the pecs don’t have the chance to lengthen so they find a new normal, short and tight. For example, the pecs tend to be tight and short because many (most?) people sit with rounded forward posture for a chunk of every day. These muscles tend to be the opposition to the short muscles. Step three is going to look at the underactive/weak/long muscles. The first two steps focus on overactive/tight/short muscles. This is were a little bit of anatomy helps but I will try to simplify for you. OK, once the tight and short tissues have been addressed we need to start looking at their counterparts.

The truth is that these techniques also have an effect on the nervous system and the results you see in a given session are likely due to that effect as opposed to actually making something longer.īut who cares? If it works, it works right? Sometimes it can be an effective modality, sometimes not so much. Stretching has been taking a lot of fire lately in the fitness world and I understand the reasoning but I don’t agree 100% that stretching is now taboo.

Eccentrics- negatives slowly lowering a loaded movement into a deeper range of motion (AKA a stretch).

Hold relax stretching- AKA PNF stretching.

Dynamic stretching- repeated short hold (3-5 seconds).

Prolonged static stretching- like the dreaded couch stretch.

Sometimes this happens as a result of step one but just in case I like to add some lengthening drills for good measure. Your goal is to take those once overactive tissues and get them to a more appropriate length. This step can often be mixed in with number one.

Mobility Workout Step two- Lengthen What’s Short