jimmytones
First Post
I've read some things about mobility and flexibility but probably *too much* if you know what I mean. That is, I'm kind of overwhelmed with the amount of information but I know that practically I'm not going to do 87 different exercises and stretches.
Let me try to be specific as possible.
1. In general my mobility and flexibility are just awful--I suffer from what anyone has ever said about the posture and mobility problems of fat Americans who spend their lives sitting at a desk.
2. My specific goal in this area is to have the mobility and flexibility to learn the Olympic lifts. I'm not trying to be as flexible as possible for its own sake, I don't practice martial arts...I just want my shoulders, wrists, hips, back, ankles, etc. to work the way they're supposed to when I get coaching for the clean and jerk and snatch.
So if I'm starting at a really, really low level in this domain what should I be looking at in terms of a fairly small number of "bang for the buck" stretches/drills/exercises just to get to the level of "competent" or "trainable" in a reasonable amount of time? Later on I may identify specific areas I want to work on more but for now I really just need the overall foundation (eg, if some untrained kid asked me about putting on weight and strength I would tell him to squat heavy and often instead of telling him about 17 variations of curls to "isolate his bicep beak").
In terms of equipment I have access to a typical cheap commercial gym and a light kettlebell and foam roller at home. I can spend very little money but if there's something simple like bands that would help I could afford that (I hope?).
Let me try to be specific as possible.
1. In general my mobility and flexibility are just awful--I suffer from what anyone has ever said about the posture and mobility problems of fat Americans who spend their lives sitting at a desk.
2. My specific goal in this area is to have the mobility and flexibility to learn the Olympic lifts. I'm not trying to be as flexible as possible for its own sake, I don't practice martial arts...I just want my shoulders, wrists, hips, back, ankles, etc. to work the way they're supposed to when I get coaching for the clean and jerk and snatch.
So if I'm starting at a really, really low level in this domain what should I be looking at in terms of a fairly small number of "bang for the buck" stretches/drills/exercises just to get to the level of "competent" or "trainable" in a reasonable amount of time? Later on I may identify specific areas I want to work on more but for now I really just need the overall foundation (eg, if some untrained kid asked me about putting on weight and strength I would tell him to squat heavy and often instead of telling him about 17 variations of curls to "isolate his bicep beak").
In terms of equipment I have access to a typical cheap commercial gym and a light kettlebell and foam roller at home. I can spend very little money but if there's something simple like bands that would help I could afford that (I hope?).