You’re right on! Great video! Been on the journey for a couple years. You learn so much about yourself in the process. It’s beautiful

My physio explained to me I have big imbalances between my anterior chain and posterior chain from sitting so much, my but is super weak while my psoas are super tight. I need to build my glutes up and relax and stretch my psoas.

This is exactly what I needed and at the perfect time. I just started experimenting with this idea and didn't know if it was legitimate. I don't see the video mentioned. Thanks!

Would love to try out the follow-along routine you mentioned in the video. I can't seem to find it in the description though?

This would be better if we could see more of your barefeet

Thank you for this!

This is super helpful. Thank you for this. Mistakes I've made are going too fast, and hurting myself. Also, trying to copy the body position of teachers without first gently doing about one tenth, to one fifth of what they do and listening to my body. That is staying in a comfortable range for my body, and working up gradually.

I wish I could see your barefeet ❤

Thanks for doing this video we all needed to hear this message, Train not just once a week but 5 days or everyday. Jim🙏

Such a great perspective. 👌

Could you do one of these videos for people who can’t sit back on their heels? It’s preventing me from doing so many transitional movements during flows and seated stretching like you showed. Love your channel!

Tao. Thanks 🙏🏻

Very helpful. Thank you.

Muscle stiffness pain from secondary lifestyle, how do I start with muscle pain thanks

Increase your video’s volume. You are much quieter than others and I can barely hear. Your speaking is good but the mic level is not.

Every people around me who can do a deep squat has short legs and never struggled in their life to do it. We have the same body proportions I trust you.

I found that doing a hinge while sitting on the edge of my bed/chair helped me when my lower back was really stiff and wouldn't bend. Thanks for the video.

You have nice feet ❤

Got to 14 minutes and my legs fell off :) thx

I am so grateful for this video, I needed to hear this, I feel like this journey is going to be hard but so worth it, thank you :)

I should probably consider not camouflaging myself in the future 😂

I think of the stiffness as shrink wrap tightening around the muscles and fibers and limiting our mobility and range of motion. Sometimes before going to bed, I take some cannabis and stretches in front of the mirror and focus on the muscles to hold the stretch and then I just stretch and pull and tighten those muscles in the back to stretch my chest or whatever part of the body that I need stretched, for some reason, it feels so much better when I do it like that and I feel like I get more mobility and range of motion and I can go through the pain and actually feels good and loosen things up. I can stretch further and deeper than I normally do. And then the next day at the gym, I know which muscles to strengthen and work on to hold the stretch from the night before

thanks for sharing, agree that it is awesome to just stand there and feel what goes on

Mitch, thank you for this great video. To all of your stiff people out there, I am like you. 20 years of stiffness, precipitated by childhood trauma, and a traumatic accident at age 16, that then escalated over time to body closing up and fear of movement, resulting in extreme stiffness. This year. I finally took the leap in January on my journey of opening up, and what an incredible journey it has been. 7 months in, of almost daily 2 hour mobility work, have taught me the following 1. There is a serious gap for very stiff people on KZfaq. most youtubers moves are not suitable nor effective. 2. 7 months of daily work (2 hours) and I just feel like I'm starting to open up the stuckness.Yes, it takes this long, and the longer ur stiff, the longer it will take to reverse it. Patience is key. I would say one year of daily work will bring you to a baseline. 3. You will not have clarity, and recovery is not linear. Be comfortable with a lot of uncertainty, not sure whether you are doing the right things, and not seeing progress on some days esp in the earlier stage. 4. if you are not making some progress and still stuck after years, you are most likely being not doing enough in terms of intensity and frequency. i know, because i tried fo years to solve this but made no real progress until this year, when i became consistent, doing it daily and spending 2 hours. 5. There is a diff between tension and stiffness. Stiffness is that "glued stuckness" in your tissues and joints, and that needs to be rolled out, stretched out, mobilised, and strengthened. tension is the accumulated stress/emotions that you have held over the years. solving stiffness can help to alleviate alot of tension too, but not entirely. 6. Stress is a big contributor to tension. if you are in a stressful environment, you need to get out asap because it radically affects your recovery journey. 7. Sleep and rest is a big part of your recovery as well. 8. Taking action is key. Don't wait for the perfect content, the aha moment, another "free" workout download that will magically solve your problem. There is no magic pill. It's constnatly trying alot of diff moves and gradually seeing progress over time. 9. I would say that as a general rule of thumb: work on your hips, core, back, quads, hamstrings, chest. this will give you the biggest gains. 10. People who are stuck will feel like they are stuck in a shell. their soul wants to do more but their body is holding them back. 11. find your purpose and reason for why. this will give u the motivation to keep going. for me, i wanted to (a) have a better quality of life (b) live to my fullest potential (c) have a family (d) fear of living like this for rest of my life. these kept me going! All the best my fellow stiff people!

great followalong, tried it, loved it, will include it in my not so dayly routine

I've learned a lot from your videos and things are starting to finally unlock a bit. The big tip that helped me was not the specific stretches but on exploring your body and how it moves. I was able to find some "glitches" and imbalances. Spots where I could move easily in one angle or stretch but the other side was tight or locked up. One hip was a bit more forward than the other. The really big one for me was that I've always been a runner and pronator so my ankles were rolled in. When I straightened my ankles, and stretched that way my hips could internally rotate much better and it improved my hip mobility a ton! Just chipping away at it and finding things here and there. Being calm and using breath to help my stretching is something I'm doing now. Also, another thing that I've learned is once you get an improvement in your range of motion use it and strengthen which seems to lock in the change. Anyhow, appreciate your channel and I laugh thinking back how I would try these random static stretches hoping it would change something or some radical mobility routine that didn't more harm than good.

Best routine…and I’ve tried so many!

ugh every video is a gd ted talk. video is a visual medium

Thank you, I needed to hear this. I'm currently starting at the bottom of the mountain. Up is my only way to go.

Awesome - thanks.

🙏 Listening to you is listening to the voice of reason, listening to our best friend, a good brother, someone who cares. Thank you.

You have really nice feet

Fantastic video! I'm so fed up of the mechanical approach to real-life things such as this. I can't wait to deepen the discussion here on this channel.

Mitch, that was so inspiring. I was almost in tears, because I understand. Once you know, you know. You are very much like someone I know!😊

can you do a stretching routine for neck and upper traps as well please

Thank you. You have a very calming presence. Love your content my friend!

For me, it was having weak hip flexors that constrained my movements. I realised both muscle strength and flexibility is needed. btw you have an email I can contact? Just wanna help you with your website for free. :)

Were you ever diagnosed with a joint or connective tissue disorder?

Perfect timing! Very helpful. Thank you, Mitch.

Fantastic routine! Thank you 🙂

this is useful! I like the term "kneading" the tissue. I am currently working on this with my hips and refer to is as "wiggling out of stiffness" . I find the improvements to my range are most noticeable on the 3-4th day of trying a new movement/stretch routine. One piece of advice to people trying this for the first time, try to do the routine earlier in the day. I went a bit too hard on a similar routine before bed and the soreness (my hips are really stiff) kept me up all night 😅 If you start early enough, you can walk off any discomfort before you need to sleep.

This was exactly what I needed thanks guys

Wise words my friend!

i am exactly where you were when you started :)

this is such good medicine-wisdom + may it ripple far out into the world <3

Do you have suggestions of how to progress to a cossack squat

good recipies for injuries

Great explanation. I've found the imbalances that have been in place for decades in my case. Just trying to improve things and figure out how to get the tight muscles to let go. Some progress but it is slow going. I guess it is a journey. I didn't realize there was so much to it.

Oh my god, it actually works