You MUST do these 3 mobility exercises if you’re now working from home.

Why?

Because this new (temporary) lifestyle we’ve all found ourselves in can be a lot more sedentary.

The longer you sit, the more certain muscles can tighten up, shorten, or weaken. This can lead to injury and discomfort in the future!

Try out these mobility exercises on your next work day and let me know how you feel:

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• Find a wide lunge stance and place your palms on the inside of your front foot.
• If you want to move deeper, lower down onto your forearms.
• This is great for stretching the psoas, which tightens as we sit.

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• Lie face down with your arms out at a T shape.
• Begin to roll over onto your right side to open up your chest and shoulders.
• Stay there for 10 deep breaths.
• Then take it over to your left side.
• This will help counter any rounding in the shoulders you get from desk work!

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• Start on all fours with shoulders over your wrists and knees under your hips.
• Slide your left knee up to your left hand, and bring the left foot across your body to rest between your right hand and right knee.
• Turn the left hip outward so the inner thigh faces up, and outer thigh faces down.
• Rest hands a few inches in front of the bent leg, using your upper body to help square the hips straight forward. If this is too hard, drop down onto your elbows

Modifications:

Pigeon is often too difficult for men for men who have tight hips or who haven’t done yoga before, so it’s a much better idea to start off with a reclined figure 4.

• Lie on your back and cross your right ankle over your left thigh.
• Grab the back of your left thigh with both hands, and slowly bring your thigh toward your body until you feel a stretch. Focus on external rotation of the right hip here by turning your knee to face out.
• Avoid pressing your right knee forward. Make sure to do both sides.

Happy stretching!

Scott