How to Do Muscle Length Training

In this video, expert Claudio Torento explains how muscle length training works and what you need to keep in mind during the flexibility exercises. Afterward, you’ll be fully prepared for your muscle length training routines.

Feeling tense? Back and neck pain?

If you sit a lot and often hunch forward, an imbalance in tension develops in your anterior muscle-fascia chain. Your posterior chain has to compensate for this increased tension. The result: tension on the back of your body, leading to typical back or neck pain. With these mobility exercises for the anterior muscle-fascia chain , you can restore length to the structures on the front of your body.

In the high-intensity mobility exercises for the anterior fascial chain, you’ll be moving actively on the floor. This allows you to take the exercises to the next level. Additionally, there’s a greater focus on other muscle groups. If some exercises feel too intense for you, replace them with exercises from the lower-intensity routine.

Headaches in the forehead area?

The posterior muscle-fascia chain runs from the soles of your feet, up the entire back of your body and head, and forward to your eyebrows. If you frequently experience headaches in your forehead, the cause may lie in the posterior chain. Conventional stretching exercises often focus on only a few muscles. With these mobility exercises for the posterior fascia chain, you can restore the full length of your entire back.

Hip, Back, & Shoulder Pain?

The spiral muscle-fascia chains wind around the body in two counter-rotating spirals on the right and left. They enable rotation and are responsible for your body’s stability and balance. Imbalances in this chain often manifest as shoulder discomfort as well as hip and back pain. In our daily lives, we rarely perform movements that involve rotation. With these mobility exercises for the spiral fascia chain, you can restore balance to your spiral structures.

Endurance Athletes & Shortness of Breath?

The lateral muscle-fascia chain runs from the sole of the foot along the side of the body all the way up to the skull. Its postural function is to balance the front and back of the body. Due to one-sided activities and certain sports, this chain often tends to shorten. Part of this chain also includes the respiratory accessory muscles. The mobility exercises for the lateral fascial chains are therefore suitable for all endurance athletes or people who have difficulty breathing.