Range Of Strength (Lucas Hardie) – Why Strength Is Useless Without Quality Mobility | The Gap

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In this episode of The Gap, we sit down with Range of Strength to break down a truth most lifters never want to hear: Strength is useless if you can’t move well. You can chase bigger numbers, heavier loads, and harder sessions — but without quality mobility, none of it transfers where it actually matters.

Range of Strength explains why mobility is the foundation, not an accessory. The positions you can’t access are the strengths you’ll never express. If your joints don’t move well, your technique breaks down, your power leaks, and your progress stalls long before your potential is reached.

This conversation exposes the hidden limiting factors behind strength plateaus and gives athletes a clear blueprint for reclaiming their movement, unlocking real performance, and finally bridging the gap between “gym strength” and usable strength.

💥 What We Cover in This Episode

1. Why True Strength Starts With Mobility
• How mobility shapes force production
• Why limited range kills athletic transfer
• The difference between looking strong and being strong

2. The Strong-But-Stiff Problem
• How stiffness hides weakness in athletes
• Why partial-ROM training tricks you into false progress
• The consequences of mobility deficits at high speed or load

3. The Range of Strength System
• The unlock → stabilize → load progression
• How mobility work becomes strength work
• Why controlling end ranges changes everything

4. Where Most Athletes Go Wrong
• Mistaking flexibility for mobility
• Overloading poor positions
• Ignoring the mobility ceiling that caps all gains

5. How to Build Mobility That Transfers
• Training mobility under tension
• Why active ranges matter more than passive ones
• How better positions create better leverage, speed, and power

🏋️‍♂️ Who This Episode Is For
• Athletes stuck in strength plateaus
• Throwers, lifters, sprinters, and rotational athletes
• Coaches wanting better movement, better performance, and fewer injuries
• Anyone with strength in the gym but not strength in motion