Flexibility/Mobility Issues? Watch this space.
There are tons of great videos on the Crossfit Journal site ($). I stumbled across this while looking for another Kelly Starrett video, but it promises to be worth bookmarking for future reference. They’re doing a series called “Rebuilding Khalipa,” the premise of which is basically that Jason Khalipa (surprise 2008 Games winner) has big time flexibility & mobility issues that are preventing him from operating at peak capacity, and Kelly Starrett (of CrossFit San Francisco) is going to work with him to eliminate them. As someone with severe flexibility issues in the hamstrings and shoulders, I can definitely sympathize. This video series (only the first has been published) should be a great way to follow Khalipa’s attempt to work himself into top condition for the 2010 Games and also get some tips on how to overcome lurking flexibility issues. As the lead-in to the series indicates, it’s kind of scary to realize that Khalipa probably has a lot of untapped potential that’s getting lost because of his mobility problems.
http://journal.crossfit.com/2010/03/rebuilding-khalipa-part-one.tpl
