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    April 07, 2020

    Flexibility: A ballerina in quarantine

    A ballerina in quarantine

    Posted: 06 Apr 2020 06:58 PM PDT

    Side split progress i wanted to share

    Posted: 06 Apr 2020 09:42 AM PDT

    standing toe touch before picture

    Posted: 06 Apr 2020 02:22 PM PDT

    I searched the sub and there are a lot of tips on upper back flexibility. But I wanted to post a picture that shows where I actually am as far as my yoga practice. Any advice on loosening up my upper back?

    Posted: 06 Apr 2020 01:11 PM PDT

    Wall puppy pose stretch.. I realized how easy it is to get into backbends if you warm-up properly and follow step by step instructions. I was never flexible and dealt with lower back pian which made back flexibility a little difficult. But I'm seriously shocked with my progress.

    Posted: 07 Apr 2020 01:50 AM PDT

    Struggling with happy baby pose. Any tips on how to get my knees closer to the ground?

    Posted: 07 Apr 2020 02:49 AM PDT

    Hi all,

    I'm as flexible as a block of ice. Also, 20 years of playing competitive football means my hamstrings are super tight. I recently started working on my flexibility and I'm struggling a lot with happy baby pose. My knees are so high up even when pushing my feet down using my hands that I'm too embarrassed to post a picture here. Apart from working on my hamstrings, is here anything else (hips, knees, etc.) that I need to work on. My target is to get my knees down close to the floor by my ribs. Any tips, links, YouTube clips, etc will be much appreciated. Thank you all in advance.

    submitted by /u/g0l3m7
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    Not the best video but here are some basic stretching that I do everyday and I sometimes do more. Make sure to do both sides (I only did one in the video) and hold the stretches! (I didn’t because I was just showing the stretches) if you have any questions I’m here to answer!

    Posted: 06 Apr 2020 06:43 PM PDT

    TIGHT QL & HAMSTRING RELIEF -> SUPER EASY -> TRY THIS if you get a tight lower back or QL area! Its super simple but for those struggling with tightness in the QL and Hamstrings this combination has helped many so far! Thought I would share :)

    Posted: 06 Apr 2020 07:51 AM PDT

    Tallying my daily minutes in the actual splits

    Posted: 06 Apr 2020 03:54 PM PDT

    As someone whose current priority in stretching is to do it OFTEN rather than IN DEPTH or NEVER, in order to gradually accustom my body and to make stretching a permanent part of my lifestyle rather than a mere temporary intervention, I realized I needed a bit more structure to accomplish my goal of achieving or at least drastically improving my splits by the end of 2020.

    I decided to start a tally of every single individual minute I spend IN THE SPLITS. I so often stretch my hamstrings, stretch my hip flexors, do the frog stretch, foam roll my quads, use lacross balls on my butt, etc etc etc, but so rarely do I then make myself sink into my personal depth of the actual splits. Why? I'm like viewing the splits as so complex that I'm only preparing for it in chunks: hamstrings, then hip flexors, but not put together.

    Who cares if I'm super far from a true splits? In order to achieve the splits I need to... no shit Sherlock... DO THE FREAKIN SPLITS. I should take my own advice and take the chairs out on either side of me and slide down into my super high up split with proper posture and the temporary help of my arms holding me up to build trust within my muscles. And count the minutes per day.

    I think having a blooming tally of just purple gel pen lines on a light purple index card is going to be motivating. I need to see that I am committing actual minutes, and therefore stretching and using gravity itself, to reach my goal. I've been doing it for 3 days and it's my new baby. Loving it lol.

    I have known people who keep tallies of miles run. I knew one guy who was basically neurotic about it; he had pages plastered on his office cubicle and it looked quite weird. But it was kind of cool, because it was like this pile of his commitment to running.

    I want to show myself how committing actual minutes in the splits brings results. I will post a month from now with my tally and a before and an after picture. I'm excited for this plan! Has anyone tried anything like this?

    PS I will continue to prioritize my muscle health and safety over just piling on minutes on my splits. I am using this as an extra motivator, not as a prime motivator. I will always stay focused on actual healthy mobility over forcing myself into flexibility. I will only practice the splits after proper warmup and stretching and myofascial prep. Just FYI!

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    Splits - day 2

    Posted: 06 Apr 2020 01:35 PM PDT

    Worth sharing, this will apply to a lot of us during lockdown. Guy explains it well!

    Posted: 06 Apr 2020 07:42 AM PDT

    Stretching app with custom/diy programs?

    Posted: 06 Apr 2020 04:56 AM PDT

    Hi lovely ppl! Im wondering if yall have some good suggestions on stretching apps? What im looking for is less of programs telling me what to do and more that i can make my own with a timer for each exerciae thatll tell me when to move on to the next. I recently found anna mcNultys leg flexibility for beginners video and its really great... Except she doesnt give audible cues for when to switch exercise, doesnt give time to get into the stretch and id like more than ten seconds on each pose without having to fiddle with my computor/phone all the time. Id also like to add/swap some stuff. Thanks a bunch!

    submitted by /u/linnlea00
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    HIP & SHOULDER MOBILITY CHALLENGE! Just a bit of fun :)

    Posted: 06 Apr 2020 07:52 AM PDT

    How long should I hold my stretches?

    Posted: 06 Apr 2020 11:05 AM PDT

    I'm trying to get really flexible. Currently very stiff.. how long do you guys suggest to hold each stretch ? Personally I feeel it better when I hold it for a minute up to 2 minutes.

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