Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
As coffee roasters we rely on our hips every day - for walking, standing, sitting, and everything in between. In this video, personal trainer and coffee roaster Kevin Mejia of Bevel Coffee takes us through three hip mobility movements that will help stretch and strengthen this critical area:
1:07 Kevin Mejia introduction
1:47 Glute Bridge
3:21 Couch Stretch
6:25 Deep Squats
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Check out the first video in this series -
Shoulder Mobility: youtu.be/-3C_O84sNrA?si=SMLUXnNJF9GJlJfK
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These movements come from Kevin's article in Coffee People Zine / Issue 21 / FIRE, titled "Functional Movement for Roasters: Exercises to Stretch and Strengthen the Muscles Coffee Roasters Use Every Day."
Get the zine here: coffeepeople.org/collections/issue-21
Make sure to check with a personal trainer or physical therapist if you have questions or feel discomfort with any of these movements. And STOP if anything hurts. You want to strengthen, not injure yourself. *You're responsible to keep yourself safe and free from injury.*
As coffee roasters we rely on our hips every day - for walking, standing, sitting, and everything in between. In this video, personal trainer and coffee roaster Kevin Mejia of Bevel Coffee takes us through three hip mobility movements that will help stretch and strengthen this critical area:
1:07 Kevin Mejia introduction
1:47 Glute Bridge
3:21 Couch Stretch
6:25 Deep Squats
- - -
Check out the first video in this series -
Shoulder Mobility: youtu.be/-3C_O84sNrA?si=SMLUXnNJF9GJlJfK
- - -
These movements come from Kevin's article in Coffee People Zine / Issue 21 / FIRE, titled "Functional Movement for Roasters: Exercises to Stretch and Strengthen the Muscles Coffee Roasters Use Every Day."
Get the zine here: coffeepeople.org/collections/issue-21
Make sure to check with a personal trainer or physical therapist if you have questions or feel discomfort with any of these movements. And STOP if anything hurts. You want to strengthen, not injure yourself. *You're responsible to keep yourself safe and free from injury.*









![Rito Roastery Tour (by Origin Coffee Lab, Peru)
Pepe and Mariagracia run Origin Coffee Lab, an exporting company that supports producers Jaén, in the Cajamarca region in northern Peru. Their new enterprise is Rito, a coffee roastery based in Lima. Theyre part of a restaurant group called Colectivo Gastro (Gastronomy Collective) bringing high quality food (and coffee) to the people of Peru. Join us as we tour their newly installed roastery, and journey around the neighborhood to their sister restaurants (Mérito, Clon, and DEMO).
00:23 [ES] Rito roastery (Probat)
04:48 [ES] Green storage
05:53 [ES] Future lab, patio, and plans
11:05 [EN] Gastronomy in Lima (Juan Luis Martínez, Head Chef, Mérito)
14:09 [EN] DEMO bakery & coffee shop
14:26 [ES] Tasting pre-ground coffee test at Mérito
19:22 [ES] Asking Juan Luis Martínez, Why is it important to have good coffee in a fine dining restaurant?
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