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    Flexibility: Form Check Friday! 2020-08-28 @ /r/Flexibility

    August 28, 2020

    Flexibility: Form Check Friday! 2020-08-28 @ /r/Flexibility

    Form Check Friday! 2020-08-28 @ /r/Flexibility

    Posted: 27 Aug 2020 11:05 PM PDT

    Welcome to Form Check Friday! Here is the link to all previous Form Check Fridays

    Please post a photo or video of the stretch you'd like to be critiqued. Do include any specific questions you have about your form.

    Your video or photo should be:

    • Oriented the correct way, we want to see the lines of your body
    • Be formatted such that there isn't unnecessary video of you preparing for the move (keep it short)
    • Have the important bits of the movement clearly visible (multiple angles is always useful)
    • Include the whole body

    Rules for critiquing form

    • Constructive criticism only
    • Feel free to point others to resources that address their form and/or questions if you aren't "qualified" to give them advice yourself

    If your form is awesome, consider posting it in the Show Off Sunday thread!

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    I injured my hamstrings on my right in March, and lost my splits (basically my flexibility on my right side). I’m slowly getting them back now!

    Posted: 27 Aug 2020 07:03 PM PDT

    Getting better and better every day!!

    Posted: 27 Aug 2020 09:32 AM PDT

    The backbend in all its spendeur ✨��

    Posted: 27 Aug 2020 10:59 AM PDT

    Would you consider the splits a good party trick?

    Posted: 28 Aug 2020 12:48 AM PDT

    So close

    Posted: 27 Aug 2020 06:35 AM PDT

    Toe touching routine progression?

    Posted: 28 Aug 2020 03:10 AM PDT

    After 1 month of stretching, I can easily touch my toes while standing but there is little to no difference with the forward seated stretch/pike stretch. What progression should I work on now? Pics

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    Working on that back bend

    Posted: 27 Aug 2020 08:20 AM PDT

    Backbend check ����

    Posted: 27 Aug 2020 08:55 AM PDT

    Quarantine gave me time to get creative with home fitness! I found mostly people needed stretching, and most people have door frames :)

    Posted: 27 Aug 2020 01:10 PM PDT

    Success stories

    Posted: 27 Aug 2020 10:38 AM PDT

    Anyone willing to share success stories from going from super inflexible to flexible? + time frame + routine

    I'm losing motivation and feel like I hardly see any posts where people never started off in gymnastics or dancing lol

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    Progress advice for a dude in his 30s

    Posted: 27 Aug 2020 02:56 PM PDT

    I really hope I'm not redirected to a faq or wiki, I'm looking for info based on your personal experience.

    I've always been pretty flexible for a guy, and I've always enjoyed the benefits of stretching and yoga. But I began to approach flexibility with progress being the goal rather than the feel-good results of a good stretch.

    I want to be more flexible and I want to maintain that flexibility.

    Before COVID I was doing hot yoga and yin yoga classes about 5 times a week. My flexibility improved a ton, but I reached a plateau. There were even periods of time where it seemed like I was actually losing flexibility (probably pushing myself too hard).

    Outside of these classes it is very common for me to do a two hour yin yoga session I made up.

    Even with all this my psoas is chronically tight leading to pelvic tilt , and my upper back is slightly rounded bringing my shoulders forward leading to some forward head posture.

    I'm starting to get discouraged because even though I usually surprise people with my flexibility, I'm still fighting these imbalances.

    It seems like all my work in flexibility results only in a transient relief from these imbalances, and I'm not making any actual long term progress (well I probably am but it's sooo slowww)

    I've done all kinds of posture exercises, and I feel like I've exhaustively gone through stretching routines. Like two hours a day is a lot. I'm also very careful to not over stretch anymore.

    So I'm looking for stories and advice.

    I feel like there is so much that affects flexibility: poor sleep and I'm stiff as a board, eat the wrong foods and turn into a question mark.

    I do my best to sleep well and my diet is very clean now.

    How can I make linear or even sublinear (but noticeable) lasting progress?

    Approach this like I have the goal of becoming a contortionist. I want to be more flexible for the fun of it but in actuality I just want to live in a balanced, and limber body alllll the time.

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    What muscles are involved when doing the middle splits and side splits?

    Posted: 27 Aug 2020 01:11 PM PDT

    What am I doing wrong?

    Posted: 27 Aug 2020 12:25 PM PDT

    Hi everybody!

    I know this sounds a bit like a silly question but let me explain. I train calisthenics and tricking and so I've been stretching regularly for about 8-9 months almost everyday. My daily stretching routine includes mainly passive stretches but I also do active mobility drills and train kicks as a part of my training. I do my mobility routine in the evening after taking a warm shower. My routine includes stretches for my whole body with the primary focus on my legs. As far as the stretches themselves are concerned they involved most of the ones mentioned in this sub's FAQ plus some bit more advanced ones such as the progressions for the middle splits or the pigeon stretch. I hold each stretch for about 1-2 minutes, breathe and gradually try to loosen up the targeted muscles and get a little bit deeper into each position. I also do two sets with some of the stretches. If I feel really flexible and loose, I sometimes push the positions as deep as I can into pain but I don't go as deep as I can everyday. The whole routine takes me around and hour and as I've said I do it practically everyday alongside my calisthenics and tricking training. Yet for some reason my progress is minimal, if my legs get really tired during training I sometimes even regress a little but it eventually gets better again. If anyone has made it this far and is willing to give me an advice, I would be really grateful.

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    Exercises for STRONGER and more FLEXIBLE HIPS | Hip Abduction & Hip Rotation to CONTROL your FLEXIBILITY that actually works :D

    Posted: 27 Aug 2020 12:05 PM PDT

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