In the old song, the ankle bone’s connected to the knee bone and the knee bone’s connected to the thigh bone and so on. The anatomy might be a little questionable, but the overarching theory is correct: our bodies connect.
This is not just a bulletin from Captain Obvious, as much as I like those. The fact that the different parts of our bodies connect has implications for how we move. If, for example, we have an ankle that doesn’t have much range of motion, that changes how our knees work. How our knees work, in turn, impacts how our hips work. We may feel pain in our lower backs while the problem might be somewhere else in the body entirely.
As a result of this connection, I try to ensure that every workout involves as much of the body as possible. When we work all the parts, they tend to work together more smoothly.
Go play.
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