Dr. Kelly Starrett

The knee is in the corner of the wall. And then I want you to see if you can squeeze your butt in that position. Still hands and knees, except one foot now is kind of in the corner, down the wall, going towards your butt. That's position one. And a lot of people are going to struggle with recruiting and activating their butt in that position because it's what I'm calling positionally inhibited.

The knee is in the corner of the wall. And then I want you to see if you can squeeze your butt in that position. Still hands and knees, except one foot now is kind of in the corner, down the wall, going towards your butt. That's position one. And a lot of people are going to struggle with recruiting and activating their butt in that position because it's what I'm calling positionally inhibited.

We don't know what the mechanism is.

We don't know what the mechanism is.

We don't know what the mechanism is.

Really, we're just flexing the lower leg. We're flexing the lower leg shank, right? That lower limb. The second position is to come up into a high kneeling position. So you just bring your knee up and so like you're kneeling, except that we have a trailing leg now with a leg that's going up the wall.

Really, we're just flexing the lower leg. We're flexing the lower leg shank, right? That lower limb. The second position is to come up into a high kneeling position. So you just bring your knee up and so like you're kneeling, except that we have a trailing leg now with a leg that's going up the wall.

Really, we're just flexing the lower leg. We're flexing the lower leg shank, right? That lower limb. The second position is to come up into a high kneeling position. So you just bring your knee up and so like you're kneeling, except that we have a trailing leg now with a leg that's going up the wall.

That's right.

That's right.

That's right.

Nope, just on the ground.

Nope, just on the ground.

Nope, just on the ground.

Yeah, and I called the couch stretch because I created this thing a long time ago, and I created it on the couch for my young athletes while they were watching TV, right? I just needed some hip extension exposure. But we can do it on the wall, we can do it on the couch. And ultimately, what we try to see is, do you have glute squeeze? Can you take a breath? Right?

Yeah, and I called the couch stretch because I created this thing a long time ago, and I created it on the couch for my young athletes while they were watching TV, right? I just needed some hip extension exposure. But we can do it on the wall, we can do it on the couch. And ultimately, what we try to see is, do you have glute squeeze? Can you take a breath? Right?

Yeah, and I called the couch stretch because I created this thing a long time ago, and I created it on the couch for my young athletes while they were watching TV, right? I just needed some hip extension exposure. But we can do it on the wall, we can do it on the couch. And ultimately, what we try to see is, do you have glute squeeze? Can you take a breath? Right?

If your breath starts to get real small in this position, I'm like, huh. So every time your knee comes behind your body, you can't breathe anymore? How's that working for you when you run? Is that good or bad? Seems to me that your breath should remain pretty constant, independent of what your hip does. So then we like to see if people can come to a more upright position.

If your breath starts to get real small in this position, I'm like, huh. So every time your knee comes behind your body, you can't breathe anymore? How's that working for you when you run? Is that good or bad? Seems to me that your breath should remain pretty constant, independent of what your hip does. So then we like to see if people can come to a more upright position.

If your breath starts to get real small in this position, I'm like, huh. So every time your knee comes behind your body, you can't breathe anymore? How's that working for you when you run? Is that good or bad? Seems to me that your breath should remain pretty constant, independent of what your hip does. So then we like to see if people can come to a more upright position.