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Mobilityhas become a popular buzzword around the gym these days.
In a way, that impulse is totally understandable.
Because mobility exercises can be kind of boring, TBH.
corrective exercise specialist andthe fitness manager atNew York Sports ClubPrudential Center Boston
And it doesnt offer the blood-pumping, endorphin-boosting, muscle-burning sensations that many of us crave from a workout.
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A squat, for instance, is a perfect example of a weighted stretch, says Russolillo.
Read: Youre getting stronger, and yourealsogetting a deeper stretchtwo birds, one stone.
Russolillo says the same is true with something like a deadlift, where youre lengthening the hamstrings.
Youre loading that stretch with weight, he says.
Russolillo says a great place to begin is by focusing on moving into and out of adeep squat.
It doesnt even need to have any sort of weight at all, he says.
Our previous sitting or resting position was a squat, Russolillo points out.
(And it still is in certain cultures around the world.)
Another foundational mobility/strength move he recommends is passivelyhanging from a bar.
We gotta say, that sounds like a lot more fun to us than slow-mo arm circles.
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