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15-minute morning mobility

v2

A fifteen-minute sequence focused on hips, t-spine, and shoulders — the three areas that desk work and heavy training stiffen the most. Done daily, on wake, no equipment.

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All levelshabitmobilityrecoverydailyno-equipment

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FitnessGrid is an AI coach that plans your week and adapts as you go. Install 15-minute morning mobility and your coach will follow this protocol every week, learn from what you actually do, and adjust on the fly.

  • Your coach builds the week from this skill
  • Adapts to your actual progress, not a static template
  • Free to start — no credit card, ~60 seconds to set up

A daily 15-minute sequence on wake. Three sections, ~5 minutes each. No mat required, no equipment beyond a foam roller (optional) and a wall.

  • Hips (5 min): 90/90 sit + transitions, deep squat hold, half-kneeling hip flexor stretch.
  • Thoracic spine (5 min): quadruped t-spine rotations, prone scorpion, wall-supported reach-throughs.
  • Shoulders (5 min): wall slides, prone Y/T/W, banded pass-through (or broom handle).

Sequence runs the same every day. Variation is a distraction here — the point is consistency, not novelty. Two cycles a week of adjustments are plenty.

Decision rules for the coach

  • One card per day, written by the resolver. The morning mobility card surfaces at the user's configured wake time.
  • Don't substitute for a warm-up. This is mobility maintenance, not pre-training prep. If the user asks whether they can skip the warm-up because they did morning mobility — no. Pre-training movement prep is the lift-specific warm-up, not this.
  • Skip-day tolerance. Missed days don't compound — single misses are noise. If the user skips three consecutive days, surface it once: "Streak's at zero — same target tomorrow?"
  • Soreness routing. If the user reports specific joint pain or asymmetric stiffness, this skill doesn't diagnose — emit the caveat per respond-to-medical and suggest a clinician if pain persists past two weeks. Mobility ≠ rehab.
  • Modifications. If a user can't reach a position (e.g. 90/90 on tight hips), substitute the easier version — half-kneeling hip flexor stretch instead of pigeon, supine t-spine roll instead of quadruped rotation. Don't force end-range.
  • Pairs well with anything. Mobility is the only daily-habit skill that doesn't conflict with the other catalog skills on recovery budget — works alongside any training programme.