Stop Using This Hip Stretch

Ever wonder why you feel like you’re doing all of the “right” exercises, but not seeing the results you want from your mobility work?

Often it’s because we’re going through the motions with moves, even mimicking movement patterns over focusing on what we truly feel working.

Sometimes we’re even more focused on making a movement look good, or trying to perform the biggest range of motion possible, over engaging the correct muscles to drive the movement.

While it’s key we do things to relax overactive muscles, like foam roll and stretch, we can’t just stop there.

We’ve got to make sure we’re also activating underactive muscles so that we improve our mind-body connection to better utilize the correct muscles efficiently and effectively.

If we don’t, things will just keep tightening back up because we’ll perpetuate those patterns of overuse, constantly overusing muscles not meant to be the true prime mover.

That’s why it’s key we don’t just rush through our stretches and even cheat by compensating to make it seem like we can work through a bigger range of motion.

That’s why it’s key we actually focus on engaging those underactive muscles to DRIVE the stretch.

Like for instance, focusing on our GLUTES to drive our hip flexor stretches

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