Back lift stretch

[Ghostmb]

I don't know what experiences you guys have had doing this stretch, but aparently it's supposed to stretch the front of the thigh, being the quads i assume, but whenever i do it the only stretch i feel is in the hamstring and tendons down the back of my base leg that im not kicking with. I stopped doing it for the moment thinking it could work adversely against my front lift stretch, anybody else had a similar experience?

[Joeykablowy]

I have often felt this while doing rear leg lifts. After reading your comment it made me go back to Juji's guide to see how he was doing it. I do rear swings like he does in this picture.
http://trickstutorials.com/images/d59.jpg (This was the one deemed appropriate")

However, he also seems to do them like this.
http://trickstutorials.com/images/d29.jpg
http://trickstutorials.com/images/d30.jpg
In this set he seems to be doing them with his knee bent. I've tried them like this and it seems to stretch more of the quads and front of the hip.

I would experiment with both ways to see which you prefer.
As per the tension you are experiencing with your supporting leg, I have found that when I let the momentum build up in my swing it causes that tension in my rear leg (mainly in the upper hamstring area)to appear. You could try doing your rear lifts with even more control than normal and see if that remedies it. You may also need more static passive flexibility in that area of the leg.

Also, Juji said this about your supporting object:
"Use a support at about hip height. Lower than hip height is more preferable than higher if the choice is available."

[Scooba Dave]

I don't know what experiences you guys have had doing this stretch, but aparently it's supposed to stretch the front of the thigh, being the quads i assume, but whenever i do it the only stretch i feel is in the hamstring and tendons down the back of my base leg that im not kicking with. I stopped doing it for the moment thinking it could work adversely against my front life stretch, anybody else had a similar experience?

um. if u can do the splits.. go into the splits, also beware of this exercise because it is dangerous.. so yeah go into the splits and reach backwards.. and try to grab ur foot... it helps ur hip flexer ( probably the 'front' thing u were talking about, besides ur quads). and it really fucking stretches ur back !

[Ashtar]

If you're feeling it in the front leg it's because you're bending forward more than kicking back. Try not to bend forward as much and instead put the leg behind you.

This isn't a dangerous exercise like DavidM says, so long as you focus on not doing that. Unlike doing a front leg raise, bending forward is not a dynamic-active stretch for hams at all, it's more like a dynamic-passive one where you just fall down. It's far too easy for that to become ballistic, so you do need to be really careful.

Joey's right about a slight bend in the base leg's knee helping.

[Ghostmb]

Thanks for the answers guys :).

[k-slash]

Good work men.