Hips Don't Lie

After watching the many tight-hipped ballers at the NFL combine, I recalled a set of lower-body agility drills that are especially good at increasing hip mobility. Lack of hip mobility means less agile, less balanced, and slower(ouch.)

And no one can have too much hip mobility.

If you're tight-hipped ( and, believe me, most people are) then you should perform these exercises daily for a couple of weeks and then once or twice a week to maintain your new found laxity.

The Defranco Agile 8

1. Foam roll IT band
2. Foam roll adductors
3. Foam roll glutes/piriformis
4. Rolling "V" sits, 20X
5. Quadruped hip circles, 20 each leg, each direction
6. Mountain climbers, 20 each leg ( wide stance to keep arch out of back)
7. Groiners, 10 each
8. Kneeling hip flexor stretch, 5X10 seconds each

Easy peasy, but it will make a BIG difference in your performance, because, you know...HIPS DON'T LIE.