You use a lot as the same techniques as a lot of other people, but the simplicity and delivery of your videos are second to none. Keep up the good work mate.

I am so stiff in my ankles, and I am only 21 years old lol. I tried the knee to wall test, and my dad at age 55+ comes almost twice the length:O

I had an ankle fracture 7 months ago and my ankle mobility is not 100% there yet, but I saw immediate results in just one session thank you so much for this video!

I've googled a LOT of videos on ankle dorsiflexion / squat stretches and this is by far the best. Excellent work Mr Merrick. Great explanation, exercises that make sense, excellent footage and a host who's wearing a microphone! A+ Love your work.

5 years later and your video is still saving lives! LOL I just became a Certified Personal Trainer and learned, through the course, that the reason I can't get low in my squats is not solely because of my hips flexors, it's my dorsiflexion!!! 🤯🤯 So this video was amazing. Found less pain in only one session. Will definitely continue!

I picked up horseback riding again recently and I found that I was having a lot of difficulty sinking down into my heels and experiencing pain and tightness when doing so. I can’t wait to try these exercises out!

Excellent, mate! After 1 session, my ankles feel warm and loose. I like it.

Great tips and explanation as always. Thanks!

This is the first routine that have actually helped me. Thank you very much, friend!

Thank you so much for sharing, Tom. Been working on my ankles owing to repeatedly twisting them - which isn't pleasant : ) Love your channel, and wish you all the very best! 😃💪❤️

And Great content as always!

I broke my ankle and injury was pretty bad it was the same as Gordon Haywards (go on yt and type gordon hayward injury) and its been 8 months since it and my ankle is still limited!! One workout and i can already see improvement! Definitely the best workout on yt by far!

Just found this; a focused, sensible tutorial and workout routine for exactly my problem. Thank you.

Hi, just wanted to say I have been trying these techniques for several days now and already feel a difference in my range of motion resulting in a lot less pain while running and although my squat still sucks, I feel like my heels are settling a bit lower every time I am in the full squat position, so thank you very much, really appreciate your advice for something that I have pretty much ignored for a long time as something I have just had to live with.

im so glad i found your channel - i just spent the entirety of this video with a lacrosse ball under my calf... boy did i need it lol. Hoping to improve my mobility for surfing :) thanks!

Thank you so much for this video! I sprained my ankle over a year ago and it hasn’t been the same. In fact, it led to a torn meniscus on the same leg. I’m trying to basically PT it all now.

Tom, thanks for this.

Thank you for posting this routine

exactly what I was looking for! you gained a new subscriber!

thanks tom, sprained my ankle back in jan playing football hasn't been the same since. been doing these stretches and my ankle feels like its slowly improving

finaly someone who understands

Big fan of your work Tom keep up the great work. I've been using a lot of your exercises with my clients.

Excellent. Very helpful. Thanks. God bless.

New year resolutions is to do a proper squat!! Can't wait to do these everyday and limber up

Perfect timing! I was thinking doing some squats over the weekend my ankles come off the floor. So I'll be adding these in. Tom, you should also get an Amazon Affiliate link or something for those shoes, I've ordered some over weekend and someone on every video asks about them, then pop it in the description.

This is exactly what I needed! Thanks for this great stuff!

Thanks this helped a lot with rowing :)

Very good and description video

What a coincidence, I just made a post on r/flexibility asking for ankle stretches. Thanks a lot, gonna try this in order to improve my squat

I hit a wall on my ankle flexibility progression. Tried the ankle bounces and my ankles instantly felt looser. Thank you for the tips.

Your a beast, subbed

pretty cool, nice routine. thanks

I've been suffering from knee pain FOREVER, and the epiphany hit me like a lightning bolt on my morning walk that my ankles aren't working properly, did some research and came up with dorsiflexion. Did this routine and have been incorporating it into my daily ballistic stretching routine.. and bam! No more knee pain, and much more springiness and stability in my walking and running. Amazing.

Trying to get my ankle mobility back after breaking it some months back so I can start running again. I hope this will help do the trick :)

I love these videos! I started my mobility journey yesterday! Any suggestions for loosening up the tightness on the bottom of the foot? I hurt my big toe and pushing off has been difficult.

For the longest time I've never been able to do a squat and I wasn't sure why. I found out it's because my dorsiflexion is terrible. I literally can't bring my knee past my foot but I'm working on it now

Thanks I'll definately try them out.

Great video !

I want this more than anything. I know what I am doing for the next month :D

Well done

Amazing video

Loughborough hoodie? Good man

First, glad I found you channel. You seem like a really knowledgeable person. As one whose overall flexibility is awful, my squats suffer quite abit due to my ankle ROM. Tried your drills but encountered a potential issue. While doing the bounching stretch, the area above my quads, along the line of my hips tire quite fast. is it because I'm not used to that position? And also, how do you initiate the bounce? Your legs? Hands? Thanks in advance and keep up your content!

Great video man! Could this be included in my mobility routine?

Cheers Tom, gonna give these a bash tomorrow. Ps those cold showers really suck!

Am gona try it out and post results

Awesome!

Ty

I came here to get help out with doing pistol squats. Trying this out now.

Thanks

That last exercise was soo good. Right now im doing the bounces but im initiating the bounce with the calf muscle, so basically liftting a little bit and dropping. That works the best for getting rid of my impingement it seems. I have been experimenting A LOT with gaining ankle mobility. Standing in stairways eccentrics, squat locomotion patterns, bottom of pistol bouncing, normal static stretches, squatting and more, but this one is clearly the best. The standing dorsiflexion stretches just havent cut it for me. They have usually been too intense. They also caused some knee problems for me since i very slightly pull out of alignment or something, they just havent felt natural for me. On the contrary this stretch being on the forefoot and in a split squat position just creates a very natural good aligment for my knee and ankle. I can vary the intensity perfectly, and switch between static and dynamic. Feel some great gains immediatly and my ankles are stubborn as fuck to almost all stretches. Hopefully this will break through my ankle mobility plateau, and if so I'll kiss your virtual feet. I could write a lot more about this subject, but imma keep it (relatively) short so ill stop here.

Thanks for the video! What about routine for the other way? Plantar flexion?

Great video man. 👊👊👊

What movements do you recommend for ankle and wrist strength? After all both are essential when it comes to many body weight moves, thanks!

Fuck yeah!!..thank you!

my ankle are so stiff i can't get past 90° with knee in the last exercice so i have nothing to bounce thowards 🤣🤣

3:23 dorsiflexion bounces for ankle flexibility (note to self)

Hey, Tom. Do those deep lunge bounces stretch achiles tendon more than the muscle attached to it? If so, how safe is it then?

For me, the bounces exercise puts a ton of strain on that area on the inside of your foot where that bone sticks out, and it feels like my foot is about to explode.

Hey Tom! Does it matter whether I have straight or slightly bent legs when I do the stretching? Love your videos man!

Wushu Shoes !! Jiayoo

I had a double partial ligament tear on my right ankle 3 months ago. It is pretty much healed now, however, there's still pain in dorsiflexion and tenderness medially so Orthopaedic has suggested me Ankle ROM exercises, can I also do the exercises shown in this video ?

Lufbra represent yeah buooouy

I've got a question for you. I've watched all of your ankle flexibility videos I can find. Many trainers emphasize dorsiflexibility a lot due to its importance in squatting. However, there is not as much emphasis on plantar flexibility. Do you already have any videos focusing on plantar flexibility / would you be willing to make one? I cannot sit on the ground with my butt on my heels mostly because my plantar flexibility is so poor and the top of my foot remains quite far above the ground. This limitation forces me to modify many of your other stretches, but I would love to methodically and safely improve this.

My ankles are stiff from a lifetime of walking on my toes. I am 20 years old. I have some godly calves, without even working them out, but its frustrating not being able to walk normally. Going to use this and see how far I come in a month.

Should I do this before or after I workout everyday ?

It seems that while you work on the dorsiflexion, you stretch your hamstring at the same time. Is that an issue? is it a sign that I am doing something wrong?

Could you do a banded ankle mobilization tutorial? I feel that I've gotten some good ROM but now running into that "pinching feeling."

Strength into the anterior tibialis is the other half of this video! Needs to be strong to act as a proper antagonist muscle

Yes!Just what I needed!I struggle doing pistol squats with my left foot.Thanks you! Tom Merrick :)

this is the only reason i can do a pistol squat. i have the strength, and can easily do it wearing shoes, but barefoot i just fall down since i can lean my knee forward far enough

Hi. Could you give a rough idea as to how much progress you can realistically make for ankle dorsiflexion for a person with very poor ankle mobility at the moment? And a timeline please :)

I got dented in cartilage on my left ankle but it still have dorsie. Just as good as my right. Buuut once I put my foot behind me it loses is

Hi Tom, great video, thank you! A few years after this one, you published a slightly different routine at kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jdGUi6uCnJrPmH0.html. It had a dynamic calf stretch, and a weighted dorsiflexion bounce. Do you prefer that later video, or is this info still ok? I ask because I'm travelling and so don't have access to any weights -- was wondering if this bounce will place a lot of pressure on my knees! Cheers and regards, jz

Bro new to your channel how long did it take to have this ankle mobility ?

Can you do dorsiflexion lunge bounces if you're recovering from an ankle fracture and trying to regain range of motion or better not? (Nearly a year post surgery).

Hey Tom! Can you do a bodyweight squat progression video? Kind of ties in with this video too.

I got cramps in my ankle after this, am i doing it wrong? Btw i have never stretched before.

Have u ever done shaolin kung fu cuz these are the shoes we have when we do?

How long does it take to get an increase in the range of motion for somebody whose always had a dorsiflextion of about 88 degrees?

I’ve seen some videos of ankle tendon snapping. Will these prevent it?

Very useful advice, but why oh why accompanied by the annoying audio track? I guess that this is THE THING of 'today'. Cramming as much digital material into a video clip as possible, in the hope that it might just enrich the vlog (which it does not).

When will i begin seeing results?

Lufbra💯

I think consistency of doing your excersise will remove less strength in my left lower limb and vanish my FOOTDROP.

As I am suffering from FOOTDROP in my left lower limb, Kindly, tell me or share excersises to remove it as it is really embarrassing to carry out my daily chores. Regards

Apparently this is why I get shin splints

Is there an Excercise for foot drop

My heels went numb after doing this.

Hey Tom.. I think there is a mistake at the end of your video. There is no previous video to be clicked :)

Hey Tom, I tried the dosiflexion 50 pumps exercise, I feel more pressure on my thigh than on my ankle, am I doing it right?

I have lost some of my mobility on my right ankle due to a bad sprained ankle :( do you think I can ever get the same range of movements back ?

What sport do you compete in at Loughborough?

How Many Sets Are Required??

Can i do this routine 3 times a day? really fucked up ankles so i need some exp booster

I'm only her cuz i wanna do the asian squat but i need to get flexible ankles first

In the test my left ankle I can almost get my knee to the wall but my right ankle doesn’t even budge

This helps with doing squats? coz that’s where my ankles tend to tighten up and my upper body leans foward

+1 for the feiyues

*Knees Knees Over Toes Guy* has entered the chat 👀👀