In “ The Importance of Wrist and Ankle Mobility “, Health and Fitness writer Mark Sisson (author of The Lean Lifestyle Program and The Primal Blueprint) writes:
It’s clear that both wrist and ankle mobility are important for proper function in sport and everyday life. If either is compromised, especially the ankles, the rest of your joints will make up the difference. In a survival situation, this makes sense. It’ll keep you alive in the short-term. In the long term, though, regularly performing movements with the wrong joints will catch up with you.
I had learned this the hard way, having paid so little attention to my wrist and ankle joints for so long that it had stopped occuring to me to use them. Once I woke them up (literally years into my fitness training and boxing career) my upper body strength effectiveness nearly tripled, and my stride completely adjusted, leaving me more quick and agile than ever.
Most people are walking around with some kind of movement limitations, and most people never even do anything about it. Are you one of the few who have paid attention to this part of your life and gotten the benefits? If you’ve paid some attention to your ankles or wrists, what benefits have you found from it? What methods did you use to improve? And what got you to pay attention in the first place?
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