Comments on: Ways to Improve Your Flexibility http://drillobsession.com/2007/08/23/ways-to-improve-your-flexibility/ helping drill and dance teams perform at their best Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:05:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: eren http://drillobsession.com/2007/08/23/ways-to-improve-your-flexibility/comment-page-1/#comment-65545 eren Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:12:17 +0000 http://drillobsession.com/2007/08/23/ways-to-improve-your-flexibility/#comment-65545 ive been since i was a freshman in high school (now im a freshman in college) and i have my splits down. here are some of my tips: haha - If you want to get your splits you NEED to stretch EVERY DAY and keep stretching even after you get your splits. - If you are sore go run. Run around the block a few times it helps a lot with soreness. - If you want your middle split do the gravity stretch. Lay on you back with you legs against a wall. put your legs as far down as you can get them and just lay there for a while. Your legs should make a "v" against the wall. The gravity pushes them down to the ground. - Work on leg strength. - If you are sore you can also take a hot bath and do small stretches in there. I did this when i tried out for high school dance team and it helped a lot. - For right and left splits go to a wall and put your back to it. bend over and touch the ground but have one leg against a wall. if you are doing this on the right have your right leg on the ground as your supporting leg and your left thigh against the wall. You should make a split against the wall. Hope this helps! ive been since i was a freshman in high school (now im a freshman in college) and i have my splits down.
here are some of my tips: haha
- If you want to get your splits you NEED to stretch EVERY DAY and keep stretching even after you get your splits.
- If you are sore go run. Run around the block a few times it helps a lot with soreness.
- If you want your middle split do the gravity stretch. Lay on you back with you legs against a wall. put your legs as far down as you can get them and just lay there for a while. Your legs should make a “v” against the wall. The gravity pushes them down to the ground.
- Work on leg strength.
- If you are sore you can also take a hot bath and do small stretches in there. I did this when i tried out for high school dance team and it helped a lot.
- For right and left splits go to a wall and put your back to it. bend over and touch the ground but have one leg against a wall. if you are doing this on the right have your right leg on the ground as your supporting leg and your left thigh against the wall. You should make a split against the wall.

Hope this helps!

]]> By: Michelle http://drillobsession.com/2007/08/23/ways-to-improve-your-flexibility/comment-page-1/#comment-65247 Michelle Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:11:33 +0000 http://drillobsession.com/2007/08/23/ways-to-improve-your-flexibility/#comment-65247 I am stiffer than a slab of concrete. I have been trying on and off for a while and always stop bcuz i think im a hopeless cause. but I was recently streatchinq for a week or so and got really low( only in my right split) but stop since i wasnt progressing any further. Now i started back again and want to know what can i do about this? I am stiffer than a slab of concrete. I have been trying on and off for a while and always stop bcuz i think im a hopeless cause. but I was recently streatchinq for a week or so and got really low( only in my right split) but stop since i wasnt progressing any further. Now i started back again and want to know what can i do about this?

]]> By: Leenz http://drillobsession.com/2007/08/23/ways-to-improve-your-flexibility/comment-page-1/#comment-55678 Leenz Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:01:27 +0000 http://drillobsession.com/2007/08/23/ways-to-improve-your-flexibility/#comment-55678 what do u do about really sore hip flexors. i'm afraid that if i keep working them by doing the lunges and splits, sumthin bad'll happen...like i might rip the worse off one :S Help! what do u do about really sore hip flexors. i’m afraid that if i keep working them by doing the lunges and splits, sumthin bad’ll happen…like i might rip the worse off one :S

Help!

]]> By: The ipod Splits Contest http://drillobsession.com/2007/08/23/ways-to-improve-your-flexibility/comment-page-1/#comment-38376 The ipod Splits Contest Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:53:55 +0000 http://drillobsession.com/2007/08/23/ways-to-improve-your-flexibility/#comment-38376 Check out the new splits contest! You can win $200 and one of 2 Ipod Shuffles! Check out the new splits contest! You can win $200 and one of 2 Ipod Shuffles!

]]> By: Kate http://drillobsession.com/2007/08/23/ways-to-improve-your-flexibility/comment-page-1/#comment-3218 Kate Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:34:36 +0000 http://drillobsession.com/2007/08/23/ways-to-improve-your-flexibility/#comment-3218 Calisthenics in australia is a major competitive form of dance. One of our categories has an indredibly high emphasis on flexibilty and strength. As our team is getting into higher divisions it becomes an assumption that every girl has their splits down flat. Girls in my team have been competing for up to 10 years and still havent got perfect splits whereas, I have been involved for 3.5 years and have a good right over split and am in my left and middle splits comfortably. Before I got my splits I dreamt about sitting in them all the time, there was nothing I wanted more, so I sat in them. i would spend hours everyday swapping splits and stretching until I had them flat in a week and a half. I guess I was so quick because I already stretched everyday. Persistance is key! Keep at it and be determined, you WILL see results eventually. Good luck! Calisthenics in australia is a major competitive form of dance. One of our categories has an indredibly high emphasis on flexibilty and strength. As our team is getting into higher divisions it becomes an assumption that every girl has their splits down flat. Girls in my team have been competing for up to 10 years and still havent got perfect splits whereas, I have been involved for 3.5 years and have a good right over split and am in my left and middle splits comfortably. Before I got my splits I dreamt about sitting in them all the time, there was nothing I wanted more, so I sat in them. i would spend hours everyday swapping splits and stretching until I had them flat in a week and a half.

I guess I was so quick because I already stretched everyday. Persistance is key! Keep at it and be determined, you WILL see results eventually.

Good luck!

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]]> By: irene http://drillobsession.com/2007/08/23/ways-to-improve-your-flexibility/comment-page-1/#comment-1185 irene Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:27:55 +0000 http://drillobsession.com/2007/08/23/ways-to-improve-your-flexibility/#comment-1185 i got my left splits for a few days, but after that, i couldnt do it anymore. my inside muscle gets really sore and i can barely stretch now. please help! i got my left splits for a few days, but after that, i couldnt do it anymore. my inside muscle gets really sore and i can barely stretch now. please help!

]]> By: josie http://drillobsession.com/2007/08/23/ways-to-improve-your-flexibility/comment-page-1/#comment-879 josie Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:09:39 +0000 http://drillobsession.com/2007/08/23/ways-to-improve-your-flexibility/#comment-879 ok so i do streches everyday but all ic an really do is touch my toes, go back in to a crab an come back up again and kick my leg up high(as i used to go dancing) im actually a really un-flexible person but would love to be flexi i want to do a leg hold but do u think i should work oneasier things first? ok so i do streches everyday but all ic an really do is touch my toes, go back in to a crab an come back up again and kick my leg up high(as i used to go dancing) im actually a really un-flexible person but would love to be flexi i want to do a leg hold but do u think i should work oneasier things first?

]]> By: josie http://drillobsession.com/2007/08/23/ways-to-improve-your-flexibility/comment-page-1/#comment-878 josie Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:05:43 +0000 http://drillobsession.com/2007/08/23/ways-to-improve-your-flexibility/#comment-878 i realy would love to be more flexi i strech nearly every day but i still cant do a leg hold has anyone got any advice on how to help or any special streches i can do ? i realy would love to be more flexi i strech nearly every day but i still cant do a leg hold has anyone got any advice on how to help or any special streches i can do ?

]]> By: gemma http://drillobsession.com/2007/08/23/ways-to-improve-your-flexibility/comment-page-1/#comment-769 gemma Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:58:18 +0000 http://drillobsession.com/2007/08/23/ways-to-improve-your-flexibility/#comment-769 HELP!! HELP!!

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