🧘‍♂️ Why Mobility Work Keeps You Stronger, Longer

PLUS: A Few Minutes of Mobility Can Add Years to Your Lifting

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Michael Pender & Ryan Engel
September 04, 2025

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TODAY’S LEVEL UP:

  • Coach’s Corner: Why Mobility Work Keeps You Stronger, Longer

  • Pro Tip: A few minutes of mobility can add years to your lifting

  • Question from Our Readers: Do I need to stretch every day?

  • Fit Trivia: Which 80s blockbuster featured a montage where the hero trained by sprinting through snow, chopping wood, and doing sit-ups in a barn?

Why Mobility Work Keeps You Stronger, Longer

Strength isn’t just about adding plates to the bar. If you want to keep training hard after 40, you need joints and muscles that move well.

Mobility work:

  • Reduces injury risk

  • Improves form on lifts like squats and presses

  • Keeps you pain-free in everyday life

  • Lets you generate more strength because your body isn’t fighting restrictions

Even 5–10 minutes before lifting can make the difference between making progress and hitting a plateau.

FROM RYAN’S DESK

The soreness fades. The sweat dries. The struggle passes. But the pride of knowing you pushed through—that stays. Every time you endure pain instead of quitting, you sharpen your edge. Stop fearing discomfort and start chasing it. That’s how men turn into machines.

Pro Tip:

A Few Minutes of Mobility Can Add Years to Your Lifting

Focus on:

  • Hips: 90/90 stretch, hip openers

  • Shoulders: band pull-aparts, wall slides

  • Ankles: calf stretches, dorsiflexion drills

Better mobility = better lifts, better recovery, better longevity.

Question from Our Readers:

“Do I need to stretch every day?”

– Kevin, 54, from Phoenix

Not necessarily.

Here’s a smart approach:

  • Dynamic mobility before workouts (5–10 mins)

  • Targeted stretching for tight areas after workouts

  • Daily posture resets (1–2 moves) if you sit a lot

It’s about quality and consistency—not marathon stretching sessions.

Fit Trivia: Which 80s blockbuster featured a montage where the hero trained by sprinting through snow, chopping wood, and doing sit-ups in a barn?

Answer: Rocky IV (1985)! Sylvester Stallone’s Russian wilderness training montage is still one of the most iconic in film history—raw grit, no machines, just pure effort against nature itself.

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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