Flexibility Pearls — doing the splits stretches
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...
Standing split. What is it and how to do it?
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Standing split. What is it and how to do it? A standing split refers to any position where the legs are in a 180-degree line from each other or the hips are opened 280 degrees and the person is standing.A...
Side Split: 9 Flexibility Training Mistakes. What Is Preventing You From Getting Your Full 180 Degree Side Split.
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Flexibility training mistakes you are currently making that are preventing you from doing a 180-degree side split. What is preventing you from getting your full split? Is it the training frequency? Improper warmup? Random flexibility training? Or is it something...
Straddle Stretch. What is a straddle stretch? And how to do a straddle stretch?
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What is a straddle stretch? A straddle stretch is a position where a person is sitting with legs straight spread as wide as possible, one to each side. Left leg to the left. Right leg to the right. Alternatively, of...
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Over Splits
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Everything you ever wanted to know about the Over Splits. If you're looking for information on how to do an oversplit, when to do an over split, or how long will it take to get an over split. You probably...
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...