Wild Geese
Fitness Training

“Hi Dave, really like the Hip Mobility book. Have to say I completely agree with the simplistic way you describe mobility and the program looks awesome for increasing strength while increasing mobility. For people who need to greatly increase their mobility what would be your thoughts on self myofascial release before this type of workout and assisted passive and active stretching. As this will bring stretch muscle/ move joint into positions that the body will not allow it s

This wasn’t on purpose, maybe my own tightness’ were annoying me so I was attuned to articles popping up about stretching. I know I’ve had a few of my guys in the gym that I’ve been giving specific stretching advice to over the last week. Especially when it comes to internal rotation at the hip and thoracic extension in the spine. But that’s for another day. Today then I want to offer some of my own thinking on some of the points raised in these articles. In doing so I hope t

I’d rather do my accounts than stretch. I’d rather watch Sex and the City than stretch (actually that’s a lie, nothing is as bad as sex and the bloody city!) But stretching is a necessary evil. Without stretching regularly I wouldn’t be able to move. My hips and low back would become a single fused unit. My hamstrings would be like violin strings and my quads could be used to break bricks on. You see I lift. A lot. I also cycle every day. I am on my feet from the minute I

I’m lazy. It’s one of the reasons I train the way I do. My background is in the martial arts, specifically Karate. My instructor was forever trying to instil the idea of efficiency into us, economy of motion and maximum return for minimum effort. This kind of thinking is absolutely vital to a martial artist, or anyone involved in a fight / high risk scenario. I liked this idea of maximum return for minimal effort, it suited my lazy streak. So I’ve tried to implement the same