I've been really trying to make mobility a priority of late. As part of my Dan John mastermind group, I'm doing one or two Original Strength (OS) sessions with other members per week. Those last 45 minutes to an hour.
OS is a mix of gentle yoga and animal flow. It has really worked wonders for me. I have always had lingering ankle injuries from high school cross country. When I let myself go during COVID, I would wake up to a sprained ankle. I felt way older than my years. I am now starting to reverse that. There are OS sessions on YouTube you can try. The OS guru, Tim Anderson, has a book on Amazon that is a really good introduction if you are interested: Pressing Reset.
I warmup every workout with ten minutes of OS. We also do at least one workout per week that is entirely what I call "floorwork". I got the idea from a 90 something year old ultrafit geezer I saw on YT when it was feeding me longevity content around New Years. Old Boy said the key to his fitness was doing as many exercises as possible on the floor. (Since falls are the leading cause of death of the elderly, my man may be smart on a lot of fronts.)
At least once a week we do a workout of 10 minutes of OS, ten minutes of turkish get-ups, and a complex of 15 swings, 5 goblet squats, 5 pushups, 15 swings, 4 goblet squats, 4 pushups... 15 swings, 1 goblet squat, 1 pushup. Takes about 30 minutes total and requires getting up and off the floor a ton. My hips, ankles, and knees have never felt better and the cardio hit it shockingly high without getting out of control.
Not sexy, but what I am doing.
