Flexibility Pearls
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...
Lower back strength requirement in short ranges, in an Arabesque position, for dancers in various age groups.
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Arabesque is one of the basic positions in Dance, Cheerleading, Figure Skating and certain other sports and fitness performance activities.Today I'd like to discuss an observational study regarding the lower back strength in adult dancers. Over the years, people who...
Dancers! Is your uneven turnout causing you pain, injuries, and decreased performance?
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Full-body stretching routine for flexibility
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How to stretch all the muscles in your body in one training session. Is this even possible? Full-body stretching routine for flexibility. How to stretch all the muscles in your body in one training session. Is this even possible? There...
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...
Stretching before sleep. Yes, or no?
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Stretching before sleep. Yes, or no? It is important to understand what this question is asking. This is not a question about whether stretching before sleep is beneficial to your flexibility. This is a question about if stretching is beneficial...
Flexibility Training Program: Is it most beneficial standalone or with other fitness activities? [Case Study]
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When I do my EasyFlexibility programs can I also do other fitness programs in one training session, at the same time? The question that often comes up is “When I do my EasyFlexibility programs can I also do other fitness...
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...