Doing a 5-Minute Morning Mobility Routine for 2 Weeks Made My Chronically Stiff Body Looser All Day Long

Learn what an author discovered when she tried doing a 5-minute morning mobility routine every day for two weeks.

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I work out regularly, but I almost always neglectstretching and mobility work.

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Yes, Iknowits important.

I was able to get away with this in my younger yearsand it turned into a bad habit.

So I challenged myself to commit to just a five-minute mobility routine every morning for two weeks.

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But once I forced myself to start, it was over before I knew it.

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This worked as fuel for the fire over the next few days, and helped me keep at it.

and then I forgot to do it afterward.

Five minutes is about all that feels truly doable enough to make it a habit.

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Give yourself a week of consistently doing the exercises and see if you notice a difference.

My hunch is that youll find the payoff is worth the small investment.

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A young black woman doing post-run stretches in the park on the road amidst green grass and trees.