How do you do a split without hurting yourself?

For 10 easy points,can someone give me the best answer to how can I do a split without hurting myself?

  • I want to be a cheerleader, but I can't do a split. I want to try, but everyone says it hurts.

  • Answer:

    #1 make sure you do alot of streching first. #2. Try doing it slowly at first.Hold onto a chair while slowly lowering yourself. #3 Go as low as you can until there is pain the stop and rise back up again. #4 try this 2 or 3 times a day. #5 eventually you will be able to do the splits all the way to the floor without pain. #6 Now, give me my 10 points! LOL!

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Doing the splits is very difficult if you've never tried. It takes months of exercise and careful stretching of the tendons in your legs before you can get flexible enough to do the splits without hurting yourself. Talk to an athletics teacher.

Blue Jean

You have to get your body in shape for it. This means doing it everyday. Don't over extend your body to start because you are going to hurt yourself. Do X amounts of 'splits' a day. Just keep going down a little each day. Don't try doing it off and on all day. Just once a day do however many you decide to do. If you are hurting, your body is trying to tell you your not ready. Remember you have to be patient and you will see results. GOOD LUCK!!

Cyndee

wow make sure you stretch really good and practice practice practice!! Little by little it will get less painful and you will be more flexable!! Good Luck!!

mistyblue7404

practice makes perfect!!!! keep doing it. it gets easier and your muscles get used to being streched out like that.

rollieoolie

a split is very simple if u do some workout to warm your muscles then stretching. in two weeks you'll be able to be more flexible p.s. it doesn't hurt

cactus

The answer is. You have to practice everyday until you stretch the muscles to perform a split. Be patient it takes time and you can severly damage yourself if you aren't patient.

andrewhill1978

Sorry, forget about the ten points - the thought of doing the splits gives me a pain in the ...................................

thomasrobinsonantonio

The only way you're going to be able to do the splits is through discipline, and it is going to hurt a little bit. Anytime one works out, there is pain ("no pain, no gain"). There are many resources available to you through your school to help you develop a stretching routine, but it's going to take time and diligence. My son is almost 7 and because of his work in karate, he's almost able to do a complete split. Make it part of your habit in the morning to do some stretching. Keep track of your progress by measuring the distance to the floor, even if there are days when it seems you can't quite make it to where you were before. Over a period of a few weeks, you should start to see some significant results.

Finnegan

look girl its a long process its not in any ones viens when he or she come to this earth, so practice is da name of da game first few time it will hurt but "no gain without pain" so keep trying u will get it one day try first loosening exercises lossen up free ur muscles else u will end up having cramps so try try untill u succeed and one morething if u have a boy friend tell her to *** u with ur legs spread it mite help i know its not da best ans but i m satitsfied with it and dont mind bout the last part coz it really workstamx bye take care hav fun and best of luck

harry d

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