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"Move it or lose it" is considered the golden rule of mobility. If you don’t keep moving your body, it will adapt to a sedentary lifestyle, leading to stiffness, reduced range of motion and discomfort.

Cody Mooney, former CrossFit Games athlete and managing partner at mobility app pliability, knows this firsthand. Since stepping up his role at pliability, he’s been more deskbound, replacing regular training with back-to-back meetings and video calls.