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Share your favourite stretching routines! Maybe also specify after what type of workout (E/SE/Max Strength) you would perform it, or maybe you perform it everyday.

All I do for POST workout is foam rolling and lacrosse ball to problem/tight part of body. Following by 1-2 dynamic stretches (optional).
The whole thing is about 5 min or so.

I might start doing AD cool downs on regular basis, though. I've tried it one time and it does magic. Thank you THLE!

There are a couple yoga videos on YouTube I really like for after a run. Malia Hilliard has a warm up and cool down for running on there, both are only 5-7 minutes. Quick, simple, and they seem to help.

Adriene of "yoga with adriene" has dozens of free YouTube yoga routines from 5 minutes to an hour, and I really like her approach. Not very pedagogical, very much about using yoga in whatever way you want to. She has a longer 15 minute running cool down video, and if you're looking for other muscle or activity specific yoga routines she's got a whole bevy.

I am currently a big fan of ROMWOD. It costs a bit but it's worth it.

grouchyjarhead wrote:I am currently a big fan of ROMWOD. It costs a bit but it's worth it.

I second this, but I currently don't have a subscription. I will be looking at getting back into it in the future.
I currently just do some mobility work during my 2 min rest period between exercises on operator days.
I just pair stretches with exercises and areas i have issues with for that exercise e.g

Squat and Instep Stretch( Hip opener)
Benchpress and Lat/pec stretch (Lats in prep for next exercise and pecs)
Weighted Pullups and Shoulder dislocate into Snatch squat with PVC ( shoulder mobility post pullup and prep for squat position)

Seems to be keeping 80% of the mobility built from my year of romwod.

Worth mentioning that my recovery ability improved dramatically doing ROMWOD.
I was able to do two a days with no issues if I got my lunch time stretch session in.

Maxrip13 wrote:

grouchyjarhead wrote:I am currently a big fan of ROMWOD. It costs a bit but it's worth it.

I second this, but I currently don't have a subscription. I will be looking at getting back into it in the future.
I currently just do some mobility work during my 2 min rest period between exercises on operator days.
I just pair stretches with exercises and areas i have issues with for that exercise e.g

Squat and Instep Stretch( Hip opener)
Benchpress and Lat/pec stretch (Lats in prep for next exercise and pecs)
Weighted Pullups and Shoulder dislocate into Snatch squat with PVC ( shoulder mobility post pullup and prep for squat position)

Seems to be keeping 80% of the mobility built from my year of romwod.

Worth mentioning that my recovery ability improved dramatically doing ROMWOD.
I was able to do two a days with no issues if I got my lunch time stretch session in.

I have googled it and it seems to be mix of dynamic mobility drills and some yoga flows.. Is there anything more into it?

Thanks.

Barkadion wrote:

Maxrip13 wrote:

grouchyjarhead wrote:I am currently a big fan of ROMWOD. It costs a bit but it's worth it.

I second this, but I currently don't have a subscription. I will be looking at getting back into it in the future.
I currently just do some mobility work during my 2 min rest period between exercises on operator days.
I just pair stretches with exercises and areas i have issues with for that exercise e.g

Squat and Instep Stretch( Hip opener)
Benchpress and Lat/pec stretch (Lats in prep for next exercise and pecs)
Weighted Pullups and Shoulder dislocate into Snatch squat with PVC ( shoulder mobility post pullup and prep for squat position)

Seems to be keeping 80% of the mobility built from my year of romwod.

Worth mentioning that my recovery ability improved dramatically doing ROMWOD.
I was able to do two a days with no issues if I got my lunch time stretch session in.

I have googled it and it seems to be mix of dynamic mobility drills and some yoga flows.. Is there anything more into it?
Thanks.

It's more like athlete focused yoga and generally you hold the poses for long lengths of time. Some poses are held for 4-5 mins, which can be challenging.
They focus on areas that athletes generally have issues with like hips, upper back etc.

If you are like me and struggle to take the time for recovery because you like to train hard then it will work perfectly.

Most sessions are at most 20 mins long, however each Thursday is a harder 45 min session.

If you have the spare cash and need to work on mobility it's excellent.

Maxrip13 wrote:

Barkadion wrote:

Maxrip13 wrote:
I second this, but I currently don't have a subscription. I will be looking at getting back into it in the future.
I currently just do some mobility work during my 2 min rest period between exercises on operator days.
I just pair stretches with exercises and areas i have issues with for that exercise e.g

Squat and Instep Stretch( Hip opener)
Benchpress and Lat/pec stretch (Lats in prep for next exercise and pecs)
Weighted Pullups and Shoulder dislocate into Snatch squat with PVC ( shoulder mobility post pullup and prep for squat position)

Seems to be keeping 80% of the mobility built from my year of romwod.

Worth mentioning that my recovery ability improved dramatically doing ROMWOD.
I was able to do two a days with no issues if I got my lunch time stretch session in.

I have googled it and it seems to be mix of dynamic mobility drills and some yoga flows.. Is there anything more into it?
Thanks.

It's more like athlete focused yoga and generally you hold the poses for long lengths of time. Some poses are held for 4-5 mins, which can be challenging.
They focus on areas that athletes generally have issues with like hips, upper back etc.

If you are like me and struggle to take the time for recovery because you like to train hard then it will work perfectly.

Most sessions are at most 20 mins long, however each Thursday is a harder 45 min session.

If you have the spare cash and need to work on mobility it's excellent.

Thank you! That makes sense. Yoga did help me a lot in a past. Actually that was only magic that recovered my hip and prevented it from complete disaster.

For the guys recommending ROMWOD are you familiar with KSTSAR mobility wod pro? I followed it for a year and eventually gave it up after seeing most the exercises, but just wanted to ask how it compares to it. I've been looking for a good mobility routine but KSTAR tends to use a lot of the tools he sells.

I can't tell you why this works for me just that it does. Here's where I have progressed to over the years.

-I used to do a lot of static stretching after all of my workouts and no dynamic work beforehand (just a 5 minute jog or so to warm up). Then I began to have problems with my right knee and I read that lack of mobility tends to be the cause of a lot of knee pain.
-So I started warming up with Agile 8 and cooling down with static stretches. Just doing Agile 8 removed my knee pain. What helped the most was the foam rolling and opening up my hips. I literally had tears in my eyes the first time that I foam rolled and used a lacrosse ball. It hurt that much.and that's how many knots I had in my lower body. Then I moved onto what I do now and here's why.
-I do the foam roll portion of Agile 8 before my workouts (takes maybe 3-5 minutes) then I do a dynamic warmup (jump rope, jumping jacks, bodyweight squats, leg swings, and some dynamic upper body work (takes maybe another 5 minutes). I realized that the foam rolling helped to loosen up my lower body, but getting into the Agile 8 dynamic stretches without being warm was difficult and I didn't want to pull something. So I now do the dynamic portion of Agile 8 after the workout. On rest days, i usually do some static stretching just because it makes me feel good.

So that's what I am doing now, and it seems to keep me mobile and working out.