Athletes often need to perform their sports at end ranges of their motion. Here are some tips on how to safely load athletes at end range of motion. To view more episodes, subscribe, and ask your questions, go to mikereinold.com/askmikereinold.

#AskMikeReinold Episode 209: How to Load Athletes at End Range of Motion

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Mike Reinold: On this episode of the Ask Mike Reinold show, we talk about loading at end range of motion with our athletes.

Mike Reinold: For this week’s episode, we have a pretty cool question. I kind of like this one. Kind of excited to hear what Pope has to say, but Zach from Detroit asks:

Mike Reinold: -When dealing with athletes who have extreme range of motion demands for their sport, which is a lot athletes, how do you go about loading them in their end ranges of motion? So great question, Zach.

Mike Reinold: You can’t say that all athletes are hypermobile because that’s certainly not true. We’ve all dealt with a lot of hypomobile athletes out there. But I do think athletes tend to be more mobile than the general population. Even the people that feel like they may be a little bit stiff or something that may be a little bit more loose jointed than we think.

Mike Reinold: Dave Tilley, everybody. Welcome to the show. Awesome. Mid-episode. I love it. It’s a good one for you.

Mike Reinold: So Dave, I want to send a huge apology to the crowd since I’ll have to repeat the question again for Dave. Just kidding. But all right, so Dave, this is a good question for you actually.

Mike Reinold: Zach from Detroit says: “When dealing with athletes who have extreme range of motion demands for their sport, how do you go about loading them in their end ranges of motion? So great question.”

Mike Reinold: Pope, why don’t you start this one? Because I know you have some good experience in this area and then Dave, gosh, I know you’re going to have some really good experience with this with gymnasts. And then obviously, Lenny and I with baseball.

Mike Reinold: Why don’t we start with Dan and Dave can start getting his blood pressure down and get him prepared for… Hey Dave, thanks.

Dan Pope: Well, I guess the athletes I have the most experience with is going to be with Olympic weightlifters. I don’t know that people often that Olympic weightlifters need extreme mobility, but we kind of do.