Dr. Kelly Starrett

Over the course of a season or the course of, you know, something going on in your life, a season in your life, suddenly you're like, wow, my left hip is a little tight or my left shoulder is, my internal rotation is going away. Hard to see when you're swimming, really easy to see when we dumbbell snatch.

And what we're trying to do then is take the gym, not only have it be a stimulus for adaptation, but have it be a really great place to uncover changes in my movement, changes in expression of that movement. And so really what you see – again, if I just do this one thing over and over again – That's patterning. That's repetition. That's practice, right?

And what we're trying to do then is take the gym, not only have it be a stimulus for adaptation, but have it be a really great place to uncover changes in my movement, changes in expression of that movement. And so really what you see – again, if I just do this one thing over and over again – That's patterning. That's repetition. That's practice, right?

And what we're trying to do then is take the gym, not only have it be a stimulus for adaptation, but have it be a really great place to uncover changes in my movement, changes in expression of that movement. And so really what you see – again, if I just do this one thing over and over again – That's patterning. That's repetition. That's practice, right?

And what you've done is just said, hey, let me change my brain. Let me open the door handle with my left side. And coming into the gym with that curiosity means that we can have seven bottom lines. We're working on your fascia. We're working on these energy systems. We're working on these movement skills. But simultaneously, we can have fun. We can work on understanding our range of motion.

And what you've done is just said, hey, let me change my brain. Let me open the door handle with my left side. And coming into the gym with that curiosity means that we can have seven bottom lines. We're working on your fascia. We're working on these energy systems. We're working on these movement skills. But simultaneously, we can have fun. We can work on understanding our range of motion.

And what you've done is just said, hey, let me change my brain. Let me open the door handle with my left side. And coming into the gym with that curiosity means that we can have seven bottom lines. We're working on your fascia. We're working on these energy systems. We're working on these movement skills. But simultaneously, we can have fun. We can work on understanding our range of motion.

So for me, I think it's easier to say let's frame mobility as do you – here's my definition. Do you have access to normative range of motion? The range of motion every physician, every physical therapist, every chiro agrees on. Shoulder mobility. So 180 degrees of flexion.

So for me, I think it's easier to say let's frame mobility as do you – here's my definition. Do you have access to normative range of motion? The range of motion every physician, every physical therapist, every chiro agrees on. Shoulder mobility. So 180 degrees of flexion.

So for me, I think it's easier to say let's frame mobility as do you – here's my definition. Do you have access to normative range of motion? The range of motion every physician, every physical therapist, every chiro agrees on. Shoulder mobility. So 180 degrees of flexion.

And what you can see right now is Andrew has his elbow bent, his head tipped to the side, his internally rotated. He's solving the problem, which is what his brain is saying. Compensation. Right? Oh, no, no, no. If you want to use the word compensation, I want to put that on you. But what I'd say is that's an incomplete position. Doesn't mean you have pain.

And what you can see right now is Andrew has his elbow bent, his head tipped to the side, his internally rotated. He's solving the problem, which is what his brain is saying. Compensation. Right? Oh, no, no, no. If you want to use the word compensation, I want to put that on you. But what I'd say is that's an incomplete position. Doesn't mean you have pain.

And what you can see right now is Andrew has his elbow bent, his head tipped to the side, his internally rotated. He's solving the problem, which is what his brain is saying. Compensation. Right? Oh, no, no, no. If you want to use the word compensation, I want to put that on you. But what I'd say is that's an incomplete position. Doesn't mean you have pain.

Doesn't mean you're not the world champion. But it means we may have some latent capacity we could chase. And the next question for me then is, what is it that's missing potentially in your training that we're not having this exposure? We're not doing enough close grip hanging. We're not doing seesaw press, right, where the arm is straight up. We're always gripping on a barbell.

Doesn't mean you're not the world champion. But it means we may have some latent capacity we could chase. And the next question for me then is, what is it that's missing potentially in your training that we're not having this exposure? We're not doing enough close grip hanging. We're not doing seesaw press, right, where the arm is straight up. We're always gripping on a barbell.

Doesn't mean you're not the world champion. But it means we may have some latent capacity we could chase. And the next question for me then is, what is it that's missing potentially in your training that we're not having this exposure? We're not doing enough close grip hanging. We're not doing seesaw press, right, where the arm is straight up. We're always gripping on a barbell.

I'm not handling enough dumbbells or kettlebells overhead. And then we can say, well, do I need some position transfer exercises, mobility work to restore that so we can use it again? And then more importantly, how does that turn up for you in a way that impacts your sport or your job? That's what's really interesting. Does that make sense?

I'm not handling enough dumbbells or kettlebells overhead. And then we can say, well, do I need some position transfer exercises, mobility work to restore that so we can use it again? And then more importantly, how does that turn up for you in a way that impacts your sport or your job? That's what's really interesting. Does that make sense?

I'm not handling enough dumbbells or kettlebells overhead. And then we can say, well, do I need some position transfer exercises, mobility work to restore that so we can use it again? And then more importantly, how does that turn up for you in a way that impacts your sport or your job? That's what's really interesting. Does that make sense?

That's fun. Yeah, because that's part of the— It's fun and easy to measure. Hardly see—are you getting better at soccer? I don't know. But I put another keel on my bench today.