
The next time you’re outside the gym and you squat, take a look at your heels. the position you put your body in below parallel should not change. Whether your squatting with a bar on your shoulders, a bar over your head, squatting to pick something up from the ground, or crouching down to grab something on the bottom shelf at the grocery store.

All this without having to endure a brutal strength program. The truth of the matter is, we should squat the same no matter where we are squatting. Mobility training helps put your body in a better position to hit bigger lifts and improve performance. It un-trains our ankle and our heel cords from being shortened. Maybe we should all wear sandals? All joking aside, this is why there are strong arguments supporting the minimalist barefoot shoe. So how do men end up with shortened heel cords (calf muscle)? Now this is a fine argument that can explain why our heels come off the ground in the squat if we wore high heeled shoes everyday, but what about the men? Not being sexist, but the reality is women wear more high heeled shoes than men. Gain mental and physical flexibility through short, guided daily videos. This makes it the ideal on-the-go mobility tool sized for a pocket or purse and ergonomically suited for.

pliability is trusted by thousands of athletes to improve mobility, performance, and recovery. A close cousin of the original MobilityWOD Leopard Claw, the new Leopard Paw features a shorter overall length (7 vs. Weird how her heels are in the same position as his? Hmm. We fuse mobility, yoga, prehab, rehab, recovery, mindfulness, and strength - to elevate performance in life and in sport.
MOBILITY WOD PROFESSIONAL
Kelly’s clients include professional athletes in the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB. The MobilityWOD Gemini is one of the first scientifically engineered, naturally contoured mobility tools made specifically for targeting the T-spine and other difficult trigger points. Kelly received his Doctor of Physical Therapy in 2007 from Samuel Merritt College in Oakland, California. Bad habits huh? Well, maybe we can blame it on our shoe wear?: The Ready State began as MobilityWOD in 2008 and has gone on to revolutionize the field of performance therapy and self-care.
