Today is a rest day, but that doesn't imply you can sit around and do nothing. As a result of working tirelessly to build our strength, our joint mobility and soft tissue flexibility suffer. According to Mobility WOD Blogger, Kelly Starrett, DPT, "Lacking flexibility in crucial areas has a crushing impact on your athletic abilities; to say nothing of the host of pains and problems that inflexibility predisposes you to."
Yes, stretching is time consuming and painful, and it doesn't always give you the satisfying feeling a Dirty Girl WOD PR does. However, the benefits to your total fitness far outway the cost of spending some precious free time increasing your mobility and flexibility.
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http://www.mobilitywod.com/
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