Flexibility Pearls — can anyone do the splits
Is Front Split Always Hamstrings Dominant?
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Is Front Split always Hamstring dominant? The short answer is yes. It is very difficult to find someone who has a completely balanced True Front Split with a 50% flexibility coming from the front leg and 50% flexibility coming from...
Frog Splits: Do Frog Splits Help with Middle Splits?
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Frog splits. Do these splits help with the middle split? The short answer is that the frog splits will help you with a middle split, but doing a frog split does not guarantee that you can do a middle split...
How long does it take to do the splits
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True Front Split: Stop Cheating Yourself
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You think you’re doing a split but you’re not! Stop cheating yourself! 10 issues that are preventing you from doing a True Front Split, reasons and solutions. If you have been faking a split, you're only cheating yourself. Here's how...
How to learn to do the splits
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Many people ask how to learn to do the splits. Today I will answer this question. Most of you already know that on this blog we usually talk about mastering the splits in depths. Such as Kinesiology, Biomechanics and Physiology...
If I can do one split, why can’t I do another? - Part 1 of stretches to do the splits
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This is a fair question that comes from a very common observation. So many people can do forward splits and not center splits.And many who can do full straddles can’t do left or right ones.What strikes many people observers...