Comments on: Problems with the splits? http://drillobsession.com/2006/11/18/problems-with-the-splits/ helping drill and dance teams perform at their best Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:18:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: adiola http://drillobsession.com/2006/11/18/problems-with-the-splits/comment-page-1/#comment-65519 adiola Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:09:06 +0000 http://drillobsession.com/?p=105#comment-65519 HEY I HAVE really LONG LEGS SO IS IT BETTER FOR ME TO DO LONG LUNGES AND WIDE STEPS WEN I JOG OR NO? HEY I HAVE really LONG LEGS SO IS IT BETTER FOR ME TO DO LONG LUNGES AND WIDE STEPS WEN I JOG OR NO?

]]> By: Tazi http://drillobsession.com/2006/11/18/problems-with-the-splits/comment-page-1/#comment-61471 Tazi Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:10:59 +0000 http://drillobsession.com/?p=105#comment-61471 when you are doing those splits that i just talked about do i need to face my toes to the roof or out in front????? :) when you are doing those splits that i just talked about do i need to face my toes to the roof or out in front????? :)

]]> By: Tazi http://drillobsession.com/2006/11/18/problems-with-the-splits/comment-page-1/#comment-61470 Tazi Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:08:34 +0000 http://drillobsession.com/?p=105#comment-61470 i am almost down to the floor at the splits where you have you legs out to the sides in line with like your ears but i cant get any further, ive looked up loads of sites with stretches and i have been doing them but i dont think it is working i need help :( i am almost down to the floor at the splits where you have you legs out to the sides in line with like your ears but i cant get any further, ive looked up loads of sites with stretches and i have been doing them but i dont think it is working i need help :(

]]> By: Claire http://drillobsession.com/2006/11/18/problems-with-the-splits/comment-page-1/#comment-57366 Claire Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:08:23 +0000 http://drillobsession.com/?p=105#comment-57366 How I got my split was I stretched real well and then I went into it and I went as far as I could go. Then when the muscles relaxed in the split I went all the way down then came up. I repeated this and then after a few days I had my split! How I got my split was I stretched real well and then I went into it and I went as far as I could go. Then when the muscles relaxed in the split I went all the way down then came up. I repeated this and then after a few days I had my split!

]]> By: Anonymous http://drillobsession.com/2006/11/18/problems-with-the-splits/comment-page-1/#comment-57230 Anonymous Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:37:33 +0000 http://drillobsession.com/?p=105#comment-57230 i still cant do the splits iv stretched iv waited until my muscle stopped contracting i looked at every website including this one but nothing work's i know its not because in old because I'm only 13 i need to learn to do the splits so i can be a cheerleader i dont know why i cant learn to do it all my other friends can do it but for me it hurts waaaaaaaaaaay too much when i try to do it my legs feel like someones hitting it with a hammer whats wrong with me why cant i do it how can i do it and will it still hurt that much? please help me with this problem that's really holding me back and frustrating me i still cant do the splits iv stretched iv waited until my muscle stopped contracting i looked at every website including this one but nothing work’s i know its not because in old because I’m only 13 i need to learn to do the splits so i can be a cheerleader i dont know why i cant learn to do it all my other friends can do it but for me it hurts waaaaaaaaaaay too much when i try to do it my legs feel like someones hitting it with a hammer whats wrong with me why cant i do it how can i do it and will it still hurt that much? please help me with this problem that’s really holding me back and frustrating me

]]> By: Eric http://drillobsession.com/2006/11/18/problems-with-the-splits/comment-page-1/#comment-55628 Eric Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:40:04 +0000 http://drillobsession.com/?p=105#comment-55628 Hey i have until september to get my splits down and everytime i do a warm up (im usually doing a kicking drill for around 10-20 minutes) and when i stretch sideways my hips begin to cramp up and hurt. But this only happens when i do wall stretching (putting your leg on the wall or a table/chair/platform and stretching sideways). It doesn't affect me when im doing floor stretching. Please can you tell me what i can do to stop the cramping? Hey i have until september to get my splits down and everytime i do a warm up (im usually doing a kicking drill for around 10-20 minutes) and when i stretch sideways my hips begin to cramp up and hurt. But this only happens when i do wall stretching (putting your leg on the wall or a table/chair/platform and stretching sideways). It doesn’t affect me when im doing floor stretching. Please can you tell me what i can do to stop the cramping?

]]> By: Stephanie http://drillobsession.com/2006/11/18/problems-with-the-splits/comment-page-1/#comment-55565 Stephanie Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:17:37 +0000 http://drillobsession.com/?p=105#comment-55565 i been stretching for a while now maybe just a little more than 3 weeks are left splits are very very close to the floor but my right split isn't quite there yet!is it ok that i keep stretching both legs but not as much on the right one so that way i can get the left splits perfectly and the back to working on the right splits and then maybe it'll be easier??also is my knee supposed to hurt when i do my splits??i really want to get my splits down with both legs before class starts made it to the jv drill team of my high school and i hope that if i keep stretching i would get them all the way down in no time:) i been stretching for a while now maybe just a little more than 3 weeks are left splits are very very close to the floor but my right split isn’t quite there yet!is it ok that i keep stretching both legs but not as much on the right one so that way i can get the left splits perfectly and the back to working on the right splits and then maybe it’ll be easier??also is my knee supposed to hurt when i do my splits??i really want to get my splits down with both legs before class starts made it to the jv drill team of my high school and i hope that if i keep stretching i would get them all the way down in no time:)

]]> By: kris http://drillobsession.com/2006/11/18/problems-with-the-splits/comment-page-1/#comment-55453 kris Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:10:28 +0000 http://drillobsession.com/?p=105#comment-55453 I havent quite hit my splits yet, and every time i try to stretch into them further i get REALLY sore and i cant stretch them again for days. This really wastes my time because i really just want to get them down already, but i cant do that if i cant stretch. Do you have any tips on how to minimize or even maybe, completely eliminate soreness after stretching?( i make sure im all stretched out before i go to my splits, and i warm up too. ) I havent quite hit my splits yet, and every time i try to stretch into them further i get REALLY sore and i cant stretch them again for days. This really wastes my time because i really just want to get them down already, but i cant do that if i cant stretch. Do you have any tips on how to minimize or even maybe, completely eliminate soreness after stretching?( i make sure im all stretched out before i go to my splits, and i warm up too. )

]]> By: Akeshia http://drillobsession.com/2006/11/18/problems-with-the-splits/comment-page-1/#comment-48678 Akeshia Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:10:12 +0000 http://drillobsession.com/?p=105#comment-48678 I have been stretching everyday and i am getting closer to the floor in my splits, and since then I have been sore. I still stretch even though I am sore, but now it feels like i may have pulled something, do i stop? slow down? or keep going like i have been? Please help!! I have been stretching everyday and i am getting closer to the floor in my splits, and since then I have been sore. I still stretch even though I am sore, but now it feels like i may have pulled something, do i stop? slow down? or keep going like i have been? Please help!!

]]> By: Linh http://drillobsession.com/2006/11/18/problems-with-the-splits/comment-page-1/#comment-40856 Linh Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:01:25 +0000 http://drillobsession.com/?p=105#comment-40856 I have problems with my center and left front splits. The thing is I seem to have a very defined limit, meaning there is a particular muscle in my inner left thigh that is very resistant and not in the sense that it is not flexible, I've stretched it farther before. Rather, it feels like it's perpetually pulled and sore and absolutely concrete. I think it is the gracilis muscle (or what the anatomy chart tells me). I've pulled this muscle many times before, but it's been months since any injury but the pain is still very significant and severely inhibits those kinds of splits. Is it really injured and is there anything I can do to heal it? Or is it simply that it's extremely inflexible? I have problems with my center and left front splits. The thing is I seem to have a very defined limit, meaning there is a particular muscle in my inner left thigh that is very resistant and not in the sense that it is not flexible, I’ve stretched it farther before. Rather, it feels like it’s perpetually pulled and sore and absolutely concrete. I think it is the gracilis muscle (or what the anatomy chart tells me). I’ve pulled this muscle many times before, but it’s been months since any injury but the pain is still very significant and severely inhibits those kinds of splits.

Is it really injured and is there anything I can do to heal it? Or is it simply that it’s extremely inflexible?

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