Blog / Mobility

Mobility is arguably the most important element of being an athlete. Maybe even more than strength, endurance, and gymnastic ability combined. The reason? Without mobility, you cannot have a functional movement. It’s the foundation of all of the other pillars of movement, in just about any sport, and yes, we understand what a big claim that is. When you call upon your strength, you must be in the most powerful position to engage your muscles. When you call upon your endurance and aerobic capacity, you’re demanding that your muscular movement synchronizes to be as efficient as possible. You get the point, mobility is important. So here are 6 easy PVC movements that are crucial to increase mobility, every single day. 

Nearly everyone has some type of muscular imbalance., it’s not an uncommon occurrence. The most important thing, however, is to identify where the postural and muscular imbalances lie in your body, so that you can address them, before you make a small situation, worse.

Shoulder mobility is key when you’re participating in any of type of exercise program. CrossFit especially requires full range of motion, to perform Olympic lifting movements such as overhead squats and snatch. Without adequate shoulder mobility, your form will be compromised, which can result in a loss of power and even worse, cause injury.

Every box has one. That one person that can flawlessly handstand walk across the box, with perfect form, effortless, almost better than they can walk on their own two legs. Envious, you wonder how you can develop this astounding skill, so the next time the open rolls around, you don’t have to be embarrassed about barely making it two feet, before you topple over. The good news is that this expert skill can be learned with a little time and dedication. Keep reading to learn our 5-step progression and learn how to handstand walk like a pro. 

Do you struggle with ankle mobility? Ankle mobility begins with much more than a calf stretch. Ankle mobility is the foundation of so many functional movements we do inside and out of the gym. Think about some of the most basic movements like walking. Walking requires at least 10 degrees of functional dorsiflexion, while stair climbing another basic movement requires 20-25 degrees. In light of these facts, ankle mobility is absolutely essential for optimizing athletic performance.

Wrist mobility in CrossFit is crucial to complete functional movements like front squats and cleans. We're going to talk about the best wrist mobility exercises for your front squats and cleans.

If you are squatting, cleaning, glute bridging, bootie-banding regularly and you aren’t doing hip mobility work in a balanced manner, it’s only a matter of time before you’re sidelined with an injury related to poor hip and glute mobility.

Anyone who is familiar with CrossFit knows that we squat. We squat a lot. It serves as the most foundational movement in the realm of “constantly varied, functional movements performed at high intensity.” When I was heavier, I had a very difficult time with squat movements due to the lack of mobility in my hips and ankles. I honestly stayed far away from these movements because of the lack of confidence. I was not alone. Many athletes struggle with range of motion and proper movement patterns in the squat as a direct result of limited ankle mobility. Insert VersaLifts

With holiday parties, cookie baking get-togethers, and family traveling into town or you traveling to them, the amount of time we normally allot for fitness is compressed and sometimes completely eliminated. So, how in the heck do we work in a warm-up, the workout itself AND mobility into an already super tight schedule?