IF YOU REGULARLY read my column on The42, you will know how I value basic exercises executed with quality under the structure of a smart and effective programme.
Mobility and flexibility standards are always the first thing I assess when working with a client and stats shows that the majority of us will experience back pain, hip issues or knee injuries at some point in our life.
One of the main reasons we are experiencing issues with our joints when we train is simply because the lack of time, effort or value we put into doing some mobility, flexibility or even body maintenance work.
Mobility work isn’t generally seen as cool and a lot of the time you won’t see the fitness industry focus and promote this. The industry rarely sells patience and a lot of the time it’s attention is on youth and intensity. However the more mobile you are the less restricted you will be when it comes to performing certain movements such as hip hinges, squats and other staples of a training programme.
Can you pass these four simple mobility tests?
The video above is not to show you how poor your mobility is but to help you combat that and give you that little bit more guidance with your training.
If you have difficulty passing these tests then avoid forcing your body through discomfort or pain. On each position know what your limit is and find which area needs that bit more work or attention. If you do fall down on any of these movements then my advice is to follow some more of the information I provide below.
I have compiled articles here and here which gives you a lot of the advice you need to know if you fell down on any of those four drills above. In this column I provide you with five simple stretches to do every day along with a couple of fitness tools to use that will help you improve your overall mobility and flexibility.
David Last is a personal trainer based in Dublin. For more information you can follow him on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Or you can send me a direct message here.
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“A covered stand, with a capacity of 500 spectators, will overlook the first pitch.”
All well and good, but when are they going to actually build a proper stadium of their own instead of continuing to use the GAA’s national stadium for half their games?
Croke Park has become Dublin GAA’s back garden, which is not what it is supposed to be, nor was it ever intended to be.
@Oisín McGovern: You do know it is the Leinster council who decides what matches are played in Croke Park and the ones away.
@Oisín McGovern: At least you realise and articulate correctly that CROKER , is the NATIONAL stadium , of the GAA , and not Dublins home venue, as some would have us believe
UpTheDubs
Great news for Dublin GAA. Only wish Cork GAA would do likewise
Great news as long as they are paying for it themselves .
@Karl Phillips: who else is going to pay for it?
Fingal County Boards future centre of excellence
On the border of Meath as well