Ep. 59 - Stretching, Mobility & Rehab (ft. Dean Somerset)

Iron Culture

The MASS Crew

Sports & Recreation, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 827 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2020

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Ten years ago, any supposedly knowledgeable PT would be making judicious use of the friendly blue foam roller with clients. Ten years later, the blue idol has fallen out of fashion and we've seen a trend towards minimalism. Stretching is overrated. Doing a squat will prepare you to squat and that is the end of the story. Or is it? Co-owners Eric Helms & Omar Isuf are joined by veteran personal trainer and gym owner Dean Somerset. Dean has been successfully navigating the realm beyond simply counting 3 sets of 10 for almost 20 years and his approach is an exemplary model for aspiring trainers to follow. By the end of this episode, you will learn that the blue cylinder is neither friend nor foe but a tool whose utility depends upon the context of use. Spoiler Alert.

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0:00.0	Eric, I just want to describe for those that are listening only to the audio, which actually is about 80 or 90% of the listeners.
0:06.9	We're right now contorted in a wide variety of positions.
0:11.3	It really is hard to describe, but I'm going to let Eric try and describe it because right now we've been working, we've been prepping for this one for a while.
0:19.0	We've been trying to increase our mobility, and I think we've
0:21.3	gotten in the positions we need to be in. Yeah, I mean, I went to New York, not too long ago,
0:28.2	and I had this moment of envy when I looked at the pretzels. I didn't want to eat the pretzel
0:34.7	because I don't eat bad foods. I maintain my eating disorder with pride, but I did want to eat the pretzel because I don't eat bad foods. I maintain my eating disorder with pride.
0:40.2	But I did want to be the pretzel and improving my overhead mobility, becoming someone who has
0:48.1	earned the title of weightlifter is my goal. So I have been contorting myself in many ways. Some of them,
0:57.7	potentially not legal in the States, which is a good reason I moved to New Zealand, at least some
1:01.4	states, you know, the United States of America are not a monolith. And we have many laws that are on
1:06.7	the books that I'm sure served a great purpose sometime in 1810.
1:14.5	So anyway, nonetheless, we've been doing a lot of stretching.
1:21.5	And I do believe that I may be accessing some new levels of overhead mobility thanks to Mr. Somerset.
1:22.2	And my friend, if you're a pretzel, I want everyone to imagine right now a spiral, because
1:26.0	I'm right now kind of like a snail shell, which is it's unfolding into myself. And they've heard surely about the supple leopard,
1:34.0	but today we're talking about the tight tiger in the form of Dean Somerset, who we found out.
1:38.7	He didn't even shout out his gym, Evolve, which is in downtown Edmonton. But apparently
1:43.7	at his gym, he has a tiger if he needs to
1:46.5	motivate people. And that should just describe everything you need to know about what we're
1:50.3	going to talk about today. Yeah, I mean, you might think that a Theragon, a foam roller,
1:56.4	a vibration platform, bands, or a dowel are important? No, the key to your mobility, a trained
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