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🧘‍♂️ Why Mobility Work Is the Secret Weapon Most Men Skip

PLUS: If It Hurts to Move, Your Strength Has a Ceiling

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Michael Pender & Ryan Engel
June 10, 2025

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TODAY’S LEVEL UP:

  • Coach’s Corner: Why Mobility Work Is the Secret Weapon Most Men Skip

  • Pro Tip: If it hurts to move, your strength has a ceiling

  • Question from Our Readers: Can I still get stronger if I can’t lift heavy?

  • Fit Trivia: Which 90s sitcom featured a dance-loving cousin who once challenged Will Smith to a push-up contest?

Why Mobility Work Is the Secret Weapon Most Men Skip

Mobility isn’t flashy, but it’s essential—especially for guys over 40.

Why?

  • Improved Range of Motion = Better Gains: You can’t grow what you can’t fully use.

  • Fewer Injuries: Tight hips and shoulders are behind most of the pain you blame on “getting older.”

  • Better Recovery and Posture: Looser, mobile muscles recover faster and reduce joint stress.

Add 5–10 minutes of mobility drills to your warm-up or recovery days. Focus on hips, ankles, shoulders, and thoracic spine. You’ll lift better, move better, and hurt less.

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Pro Tip:

If It Hurts to Move, Your Strength Has a Ceiling

Training through tightness or ignoring mobility isn’t toughness—it’s sabotage.

  • Tight shoulders = poor pressing mechanics

  • Locked hips = weak squats and deadlifts

  • Bad posture = nagging pain

Fix the foundation first. You’ll unlock more strength and longevity than any magic workout ever could.

Question from Our Readers:

“Can I still get stronger if I can’t lift heavy?”

– Elias, 48, from Chicago

Absolutely.

Strength = effort + tension—not just load.

  • Slow down your reps. A 3-second descent burns more than a heavy ego rep.

  • Use tempo and pauses to challenge the muscle.

  • Increase volume or frequency when intensity needs to stay low.

Smart, strategic training builds strength—whether you’re lifting 15 pounds or 150.

Fit Trivia: Which 90s sitcom featured a dance-loving cousin who once challenged Will Smith to a push-up contest?

Answer: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air! Carlton Banks may have had questionable form, but in one iconic episode, he went head-to-head with Will in a hilarious fitness faceoff—reminding us that even comedy can get competitive when the bench press is involved.

Ryan Engel, Intl. Fat Loss Coach

Ryan is a leading fitness coach and one of the most known professionals in the space.

He specializes in Body Recomposition and visual body aesthetics and has reached millions worldwide with his powerful messaging. He brings a unique, non-nonsense, yet sophisticated approach to body change.

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