If we don't have a decent sporting background - that is, if in middle school we had the excuse ready to skip the two hours of physical education. If we already have "a certain age". If we do a job that keeps us sitting at a desk for 8 (or more) hours a day. If we are always in the car. If we have any recurring ailments.
In all these cases it is better to make mobility one of our priorities.
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Mobility in the first place
In reality, the snags that can stiffen our body they are much more than these.
And then, we find ourselves at the box.
And give us in with the risers, with the loaded barbells, with the pull-ups without aadequate joint preparation we risk turning ourselves into rigid oak trunks, while the one we would like to aspire to - and towards which CrossFit © would like to let us go - is the soft flexibility of bamboo.
(Then for goodness sake, if you are just trying CrossFit© but want to return to the bodybuilding or powerlifting, oak is fine for you too.)
Meet GOWOD
GOWOD is an App that allows you to do a personalized work on mobility. His payoff is indeed Mobility first.
The application site is very clear in indicating the alleged ones advantages of work on mobility:
- Prevention of injuries, because bad postural constraints are resolved
- Reduction of recovery times, because the protocols proposed from time to time target the muscles you used in WOD
- Performance improvement, because the technique also improves thanks to More complete ROMs
Did I say "supposed" advantages?
Remember the oak vs. bamboo comparison of the introduction.
GOWOD is very useful, period.
And it is clear that those listed above are all key elements for living a happy and lasting life in the garage.
How it works GOWOD
We start with a initial mobility test, which insists on five areas of the body:
- Back
- Overhead
- Also
- Rear chain
- Ankles
Based on your results, you are built a personalized program which in the authors' intent allows you to work right on the gaps.
The programs are divided into three categories:
- Pre-WOD: indicate to the App the movements and lifts provided by your WOD, and in return you have targeted warmup and mobility exercises. You can also choose between two time options.
- Post-WOD: as above. Here too, you have two time options.
- Daily: daily mobility exercises. You have 3 time options - the longest is 22 minutes.
This way you can satisfy all the mobility needs of your body before, during, after the WOD, and in the rest days.
All from the comfortable screen of your inseparable smartphone.
What's more GOWOD than other Apps?
The market availability of App to work on mobility is increasing, and it can happen to be in difficulty in choosing the right one for us.
Many for example prefer RomWOD, which seems to be somewhat more complete, and accompanied by instructional videos made better.
However, there are many users who switch to GOWOD from this App.
Its advantages?
- The programs are customized to the maximum
- It gives you gods mobility scores that objectively measure your level of mobility
- Among the loyal users of the first hour is Tia Toomey
It's enough?