A Leopard’s Magic Mobility

It must have been like this for the tribal shamans being exposed to modern medicine at the time. They did not have the science or even the language to describe the new voodoo.
This happened to me as I introduced 30 minutes of daily mobility as part of CFDV’s Lean Life Challenge.

Initially, it was just more of the same, dislocates, samson stretches, hip mobility and the usual warm-up stuff. Then we got greedy and started focusing on one problem at a time. Issues with clean speed? Hip and ankle mobility. Overhead lifts issues? Lats and shoulders.

This is how I got to a 30-minute lats mobility session that I could not have been able to describe a month ago. Now I cannot imagine doing it any other way.
Kelly Starrett’s book, Supple Leopard enables me to both identify the issues and work on them with confidence. As Kelly says, all human beings should be able to perform basic maintenance on themselves. Thankfully the book is the perfect maintenance manual.

30-minute Mobility “Lats”
(for detailed explanations – see the book or Kelly’s youtube channel)
1. Shoulder smash and floss
2. Shoulder capsule mobilization (arm across chest)
3. Super D shoulder capsule mobility (rogue band)
4. Overhead tissue smash. Lat with Lacrosse or roller
5. Banded overhead distraction (pull back)
6. Overhead band external rotation (Push fwd)
7. Shoulder flexion on box
8. Banded super front rack (band from low arm pulled behind head)
9. Classic triceps/lats stretch on wall
10. Reverse sleeper stretch