HOW TO TRAIN YOUR MOBILITY?
Training your mobility too quickly is tantamount to being disappointed.
Training mobility is a long-term process. Indeed, we plan in the same way as we would do for strength or endurance. Therefore, remind all the coaches you meet: do things methodically and… in order.
4 STEPS TO TRAIN YOUR MOBILITY
Self-massage (30 sec to 1 min)
This first step relaxes the soft tissues, and lowers all the body’s resistance to movement. What we are doing here is not tracking down pain and fighting against adhesions. Indeed, we carry out a relaxation work, short-term and localized. Thus, this process prepares the muscles and tendons for stage 2.
Stretching (1 minute)
The second step is the most important in the search for increased mobility. This is the stretch intended to gain maximum joint amplitude. Indeed, we are talking about high-intensity performance stretching.
Motor reprogramming
This third step in mobility training aims at motor reprogramming. In this case, it is a question of placing the controlled movement at the heart of the protocol, or the amplitude and the force at the service of the movement.
Loading phase
The laoding phase is doubly justified.
The first is that mobility is not just flexibility. Phase 2 Flexibility jointly and locally develops strength and flexibility. However, a global weight bearing in a more complete movement will contextualize the force levels and promote their transfer into the movement.
TAKEAWAY
Conversely, loading will allow you to go even further. In particular, in passive postures, in extreme angles and in the control of balance and proprioception. So we can make a comparison. Indeed, phase 2 combines flexibility and strength in the service of movement. Phase 4, on the other hand, combines strength and flexibility.