No more excuses

There is so much information out there these days with regards to training, mobility, stretching, recovery, nutrition, etc. We have everything we need at the  palm of our hand, at the touch of a screen and yet it is still hard to get the things done that we really need to work on.

When is the last time you heard someone say "Well, I just PR'd my snatch so I'm done! Don't need to keep working on that!" Probably never. But when it comes to doing rehabilitation exercises or mobility, it gets easily left off the list of things to do. Why is this the case? I think I have maybe heard all the excuses in the world: it takes too long, it hurts too much, I have no time, I forgot, I didn't know what/how to do it, I couldn't remember how, I had to cook dinner/watch the kids/mow the lawn. The list of excuses goes on and on.

If you want to get better at something, you need to practise it. I don't know of anyone that could pick up the barbell and snatch perfectly the first time. It takes time, practise, sweat, tears. Mobility is no different. If you want to get better at it, you need to practise at it. And once you get better at it, you don't just stop.

If you have time to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or watch TV, you have the time to do mobility. Stop making excuses and just do it. If not, stop complaining about your increasing number of injuries and how you can't overhead squat.

Get your roller, lacrosse ball or other favorite instrument of torture and put it in front of the TV. Whenever an ad comes on, roll out something that hurts. Take your lacrosse ball to work and mobilize your hammies. Get to the box 10-15 minutes early or stay after class. Stop making excuses and start putting the work in.