Top 8 reasons for doing joint mobility exercise

The conventional strength and conditioning community defines fitness by the following list of attributes: cardiovascular/respiratory endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance, and accuracy/control. While these are undeniably important attributes of fitness, each requires one essential characteristic in order to function: mobility. Mobility is necessary in order to have any of the attributes of conventional fitness. Mobility is your very existence.

Here is my list of reasons for mobility training:

1.       Strength and power – without mobility, the muscle cannot maximally contract

2.       Sports and athletic performance – mobility enables speed, agility, coordination and accuracy.

3.       Range of motion and flexibility – these attributes are defined by mobility; you cannot have range or flexibility without it.

4.       Skill building – you cannot acquire or refine new skills without mobility.

5.       Pain prevention – diminished mobility increases pain. The body abhors immobility, and it sends messages in the form of discomfort or pain when you refuse to move.

6.       Circulation – without mobility, your lungs cannot breathe, your heart cannot pump, and your blood cannot circulate effectively.

7.       Joint health - Without mobility you cannot lubricate nor deliver nutrition to your connective tissue. Immobility kills you slowly.

8.       Slow the aging process – We are as young as our mobility!

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