How do I get my splits in one week?
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I really want to work on getting my splits but I have lost all of my flexibility. I'm 12. Any stretching ideas and how long I should do each stretch for? Thanks
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Answer:
It will take you longer than a week to get them, especially if you aren't close to having them. I would stretch every other day to start and no more than 45 min to a hour total. Here are some stretches to help you work on your splits/flexibility. I do not suggest trying to do an over-split until you can do the splits. That would be like doing an aerial before you learned to do a cartwheel. For the straddle--lay on your back with your butt against the wall. Extend your legs up the wall and then let the fall into the straddle stretch, gravity will help pull your legs down. Hold as long as you can. Repeat a few times. Also when you are doing your normal stretching in the straddle position, right before you are done stretching, lean forward into the middle and then try to pull through the stretch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MhiIL6Aojo&playnext=1&list=PL796002DA6BCB9B15 (watch around the 15 sec mark for what I’m referring to) Another one for the straddle is to sit on your butt facing the wall and try to get as close as you can to the wall and still be in the straddle position. For the other splits--lay on your back, bring a leg into your chest, hold a few seconds, then extend it. Grab your leg and try to pull it as close to you as you can and hold it, repeat a couple of times bending the knee and extending it. On the last extend, while holding your leg, roll over into the splits. Repeat on your other leg. These 2 will need another person to help you---stand against a wall, lift your leg, have your friend lift it as high as they can. And hold it as long as you can. Both knees should be straight. The goal is to touch the wall with your foot. Repeat with your other leg. Next lay on your back on the ground and have your friend push your extended leg towards the ground. Same idea as the stretch above, but it works the muscles in a slightly different way since you are in a different position. One last stretch which will help your splits (and your arabesque penchee). You will need to find a blank spot on a wall and grab a chair. Now facing away from the wall and holding onto the chair for support, take a leg and slide it up the wall like you are going into splits. Hold it for as long as possible then switch legs. Try to keep your legs straight. As you work the stretch move the chair closer to the wall until you are touching the wall in a vertical split. One note—you can also try to do some of the two person stretches solo, by moving into a doorway and working one leg up the frame or down the frame depending on what you are trying to stretch. I just tried a few doorway stretches for the first time and I was able to put my foot against the door frame and got a completely vertical split in the needle position. This link is so you can see what position I’m talking about. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8yJ4NeuT4k A new one we did last night that helped me was to stand up and bend over like you were doing a standing pike stretch, then choose a leg and swing it up vertically as far as you can 7 times and on the eighth time hold the leg as high as you can (you will be in the needle or 6 o’clock position at this point) and then when you let the leg down try to get into the splits. Then repeat with the other leg. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3EgYYiGTIo (video of kicks that help stretch your legs) As long as you don’t rush and push yourself too fast, you can really make progress fast. Make sure that you really work both sides as evenly as you can. Don’t lose faith, I’m in my 30s and only got my left splits a few months ago and they could still be cleaner, it just takes time and you can do it.
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Warm up with some hamstring stretches, like lunge and things (about thirty seconds, just warming up.) Then turn on your favorite TV show, get down in your splits (as far as you can go) and put pillows or couch cushions underneath you until you are supported by them - you should feel a bit of stretch, not be FULLY supported. Stay there for five minutes, then do the same on the other side. Do this twice a day, each side. Each day, each repetition, continue to remove pillows as you get too comfortable, until you are all the way down. Flex your feet to increase the stretch, lean forward. Make sure to keep your hips square or you won't be stretching effectively. And keep in mind - you should feel stretch and muscle pain in your hamstrings, thighs, behind the knees, and hips, but if it's ever sharp or in your nerves or bones, stop - it's not normal. Above all, you're young, and it's WAY easier for you to retain flexibility than say, a forty year old! Hope I helped :)
raccoonan
you can do it! do some hamstring stretches for a while, and then hold each split for 2 to 3 minutes every day. Good luck, and happy stretching!
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