22/04/2026
The drills aren’t the point.
If they’re a struggle at 35, where are you at 50?
Still playing golf? Still hiking on holiday? Still picking the kids up without a second thought? Or pulling out halfway round the course because “the hip’s at me again”?
The real issue isn’t just the hip.
Your lower back picks up every bit of slack the hips drop. Every walk, every lift, every swing. The spine is compensating for what the hips can’t do.
That’s how “a bit of stiffness” becomes “I can’t sit more than an hour” becomes “I’ve been on the physio list for eighteen months.”
Hips and lower back aren’t two problems. They’re one.
And here’s the harder question. If your hips are weak and stiff, and you’re following a strength program, what does that tell you about the program?
The body gets strong exactly where you train it. Nowhere else. Load a hinge for ten years and you’ll get a strong hinge. But the hip doesn’t just hinge. It rotates, abducts, extends, controls end range. If the program isn’t training those, the strength doesn’t exist.
You can’t bench your way out of weak hips. You can’t squat your way out either.
Which is why most lifters hit 45 strong on paper and stiff everywhere it matters.
Here’s the truth. Your hips are stiff and tight because you haven’t learned how to train them to move well. That’s on you if you want to learn.
And this isn’t a month’s work. It’s ongoing. The lads still strong, mobile, and pain free at 60 didn’t get there by accident. They put the reps in every week, for years. That’s the actual game.
The question is whether you’re willing to play it.
If you want to be the 60-year-old still moving like this, TELOS is built for it. Link in bio.
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