Many of the complex exercises at CF require powerful, FROM hip flexion. It's all about loose hips!
Notice, for example, in a burpee:
1) Drop into pushup (no donkey kicking): here hips are open, or in extenstion.
2) To return to standing 2 main things happen:
a) Ballistic push from the arms (move the earth away). That creates the air, the float, the room for;
b) Aggressive hip flexion. Driving knees forward and up to chest.
3) Land in a squat position, execute a jump (as high as possible).
Work on aggressive, crazy hip flexion in your B&T, 8 ct, JJ2BT, and Burpee for 2-weeks (landing full foot). For that matter, in all your movements (Steam Engines, Bicycle Crunch, High Knee, etc.) Your body (especially your "abs") will thank you!
Simultaneously, keep those hips loose and mobile. Check out this sequence from Mountain Athlete.
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Tough Mudder update. We got start group GREY 12PM start.
Hip flexors still hurting from flutter kicks counted at the speed of sound by Jax on Monday night. These stretches are primo!
Overheard at CF in reference to getting your knees up on hi-knees:
"It's not a suggestion; it's a mandate." You're only short-changing yourself when you refuse the full range of motion. If you never try, you'll never know.
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