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Or is it really necessary?
That was the gist of a question I read the other day on a forum.
The OP stated that there wasn’t anything he couldn’t do training wise. He had full range of motion and never experienced any pain and just did it because he was under the impression that he “should.”
Furthermore, he stated:
“I've unquestionably been doing mobility stuff (about ten minutes or so) but I'm starting to think at best it makes no difference to anything, and at worst it might actually be causing a few niggles here and there.”
I haven’t had the time to post my 2 cents yet, but thought it might be helpful to start here, in case you’re struggling with the same thoughts.
For the record:
I got “certified” almost 2 decades ago in a “PERFORMANCE MOBILITY” system that really helped me out… At first.
I dove in head first and drank the Kool Aid.
It was like I was in some kind of Multi-Level Marketing scam - I told EVERYONE about it.
My wife, a Doctor of Physical Therapy, was also in it and using it with her patients.
And it worked great - at first.
It was the ONLY thing I’d tried (and later routinely used) that got rid of my chronic excruciating knee pain for any length of time.
But eventually, I had to do more and more and more and more and more…
And spend more and more and more and more money to learn the “next level” stuff.
Eventually, my entire body felt “DISCONNECTED” like I could no longer control it, no matter how many drills or variations I did, or which Master Trainer I saw, or whether I worked with the Founder (a DC) or not.
And that’s when I spit the Kool Aid out.
It’s somewhat embarrassing to look back on, but I’m glad it happened.
First, because it was the “genesis” or at least a “genesis moment” for Original Strength, which I co-founded back in 2010.
Second, it showed me what NOT to do later when I designed my own system.
And third, it gave me a healthy respect for the power and prominence of the Central Nervous System (brain and spinal cord) in how the body functions, and, as a result, how to even write this email to you.
MOBILITY THEORY.
The mobility theory basically goes like this:
If you have a stiff “part” or restricted range of motion, you should move it.
And moving it through its full range of motion, will help you move it through its full range of motion in the future.
All kinds of mobility drills have resulted from that:
A/P glides…
Circles…
Figure 8’s…
Clovers…
You get the picture.
But back to the original question at hand:
If you’re like the forum OP and you can do all that you want to do? And have full range of motion in all your “parts?”
Then there’s probably zero reason to waste your time doing mobility work.
Examples of exercises you can already do (pain free of course) to tell if whether or not you need mobility work: