Daily Maestroism

DM #62

Sunday, July 24th, 2016

DM #62: 15 minutes of mobility work isn't going to undo or make up for 2 hours of crappy movement. It just doesn't work that way.
All to often I see people trying everything under the sun to increase their mobility, and then as soon as they hear “3-2-1 GO”, all attention to detail and form goes right out the window (and they typically have on every single piece of gear possible: lifters, a belt, knee wraps, wrist wraps – if there was a helmet they'd likely have that on too ?) I said it in DM #37, and I'll reiterate it here, if you focus on form, full range of motion, and technique, many of the movements you perform during your workout can help improve your mobility.
I don't care how much weight you can move if you're doing half squats or your heels are coming up off the floor. I don't care how much weight you can press if you can't get your arms overhead without your ribs turning into mountains.
Leave your ego at the door, take the weight off the bar, and start focusing on the quality of your movement DURING your workout. Gain mobility while you gain strength. And for goodness sake, hip crease below parallel when you squat ?

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