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If you’ve read up to this point, you already know more about modern mobility training than 90 percent of athletes. But aside from all the useful facts about mobility and movement overall, you’re probably asking yourself why this book about mobility is so detailed. Why not, like most strength-training books, describe 10 simple exercises, half of which should ideally be performed with a foam roller, and then sell it as “mobility training”? Mobility is far more than a little warm-up or cool-down. Mobility is the prerequisite for maximum strength development. Here, we can refer to the laws of physics:

strength = mass × acceleration (m/s²)

With respect to calisthenics, it’s quite simple because the mass to be accelerated is your own bodyweight. Now we have two factors that can influence our strength with respect to our bodyweight. For instance, for a pull-up, we can change the distance or the time with which we accelerate upward.

I like to simplify things, so simply put, the more distance (feet or meters) I have at my disposal, the greater the resulting strength potential. Even simpler, mobility has an immediate effect on your strength. But there are additional factors that emphasize the importance of mobility training.

There are frequent debates about the extent to which mobility training tested in this manner has a positive effect on regeneration and injury prevention.

To date, the consensus seems to be that we’re not really sure or that occasionally negative results have been ascertained with respect to prevention and regeneration.

I don’t wish to engage in an emotionally charged scientific debate on whether the studies are reliable and convincing, but I want to take a more sober approach. In this book, I want to present the arguments in a simpler way than referring to meta-analyses.

Mobility will give you control over your joints. In gaining control, you’ll place your joints at all their various angles and give your body what it really needs: variation.

I’ll continue to revisit this point throughout this book. After all, variety is what preserves our joints when we keep performing repetitive motions in sports.

So you’ll become more resilient against unfamiliar movements and joint positions and will thus reduce the severity of any potential injuries.