Mobility

We are utilizing light weights here for our arm & core work. Think oblique work paired with rotator cuff health! Shoulders will be feeling this workout big time. The light weights can be humbling! I recommend taking the video prior to this which warms you up with mobility and primes you for this class where we dive right into harder movements! That video is called mid- spine, shoulder and hip health.

This is a 45 minute mobility class with hints of pilates thrown in. We focus on moving through your mid- spine into spinal extension as well as flexion and give a lot of attention to your posture and opening up through the chest. Think, opening up and curling movements with your back. We do use a foam roller/ block for the beginning of class! After this upper body work we segue into opening up the hips in all their planes of motion, shifting a bit side to side and opening up the inner thighs! Class wraps up with some shoulder strength, as I like to say, strength at length!

The hips are a mobile joint they can swivel, glide, rotate, move into extension and flexion along with a few other patterns! In our everyday lives we get so use to only moving forward like when walking or running and we get pulled into hip flexion too often! We explore all of the different ranges of motion for the hips in this video as well as releasing tension and duty from the low back which often is recruited to work when the hips are stuck and not moving properly.

This video focuses on opening up the chest, shoulders and three areas of the back, cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine. A nice way to begin or end your work day or after a long drive.

We will be working on internal + external rotation in the hips as well as some hip flexor strength! If you have cranky or feel like you have "bad knees" these movements are for you! We also will be working on mid spine movement and opening up through the shoulders. If you have a foam roller please join me for the first few minutes of rolling the quads out.