Why is it essential to do mobility work?

Somehow mobility work isn’t many people’s favourite way to exercise. People want to train hard and heavy. The feeling of exhaustion is a sign that the exercise session has been successful. When people have one hour time to invest to exercising, the mindset is that it must be spent efficiently. When people age they start to understand that it is important to be able to move and perform their daily activities without any pain. When we lose that ability, we start to think. For some people, waking up comes earlier, maybe because of an injury or a disability to perform certain movements – for some never.

However, we cannot deny the fact that body’s ability to function properly should be maintained through consistent and planned mobility training. Mobility is fundamental part of life and any type of movement. It enables body’s optimal function in various movements. It will help us to recover or at least we don’t feel so much pain and aches after exercising. If we want to maintain a healthy, optimally functioning body and avoid injuries, we need to understand the importance of mobility training as a fundamental part of our everyday life. 

Athletes do different exercises, regardless of whether they are always pleasant. However, all exercises still have a purpose and place. A fitness enthusiast, should also adopt the mindset that mobility exercises will increase your better range of motion, muscle, ligament and joint health which enables you to perform exercises you enjoy, long into the future. But we all know that forming habits in which we stick, is quite difficult. So it is crucial to be able to explain yourself why this habit is important and ask if is it important. 

It is a common misconception to think that the exercise session should always be long to be effective. What if you add mobility drills to your warm-up routines and cooldowns, or perform movements in small sets throughout the day?

A fitness enthusiast, should also adopt the mindset that mobility exercises will increase your better range of motion, muscle, ligament and joint health which enables you to perform exercises you enjoy, long into the future.

 

Here’s an example of a simple warm-up or mobility routine either before exercise session or as a relaxation in the morning or evening:

1. Wrist mobility
2. Shoulder circles
3. Hip rotations
4. Table top
5. Scorpio rotations