There are many reasons to strengthen our joints, from supporting our daily activities to enabling extra movement or being able to increase our workouts. It all starts from the same place, increasing our movement and stability.
The increase of movement and stability increases our ability and capability to:
- undertake daily tasks
- make real world activities easier
- increase the range of activities we can undertake
Improving our real-world performance is often overlooked in the gym, particularly with the social media barrage of super toned, high performance images we are presented with.
When looking at how to strengthen our joints, mapping out our current movement profiles/shapes, can give us a great indicator of where to start and what to mimic.
If hinging (bending from the hip) takes lots of effort/energy, we can implement exercises that strengthen this movement, we can begin to strengthen movements from as little as 6 weeks into a program.
Improving efficiency within these movements becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, leading to undertaking it more often, which in turn strengthens the movement and makes us more energy efficient at it.
In short, our workouts should improve life in the real world.
Things to consider…
Start out slow, introducing stability exercises can tire muscles quickly, we still need to be able to do all the daily tasks that follow!
Ensure we are engaging the muscles correct, form and quality are top priority, quantity is a way down the list.
Increase range of movement within the movement, we need to create a buffer zone.
Add additional stability, as above, having extra stability never hurts.
Adding movement and stability transfers into so many other aspects, this could be easier daily routine activities right through to performance delivery in competitions.
If you would like to discuss how to incorporate strengthening your joints into your workout, speak to a member of Team SF on info@spikefitness.co.uk or 07597215652.