Small problem

ChalkdustTorture · Jan-09-07, 09:51 AM

I have been stretching ever since I started TKD about 10 years ago. I am very flexible now but I still cannot do full splits. I am very close, being as close as an inch off the ground at times (been stuck at that height for a year now). I was wondering if I could get some suggestions to help push past the final obstacle to full splits. Thanks for the help.

alpha7158 · Jan-09-07, 09:54 AM

bare the pain!

ChalkdustTorture · Jan-09-07, 10:03 AM

haha my friends say "get that crotch to the floor"!

tracekillz · Jan-09-07, 10:17 AM

thats flexible enough. if you overstretch youll loose power and you might possibly have problems later. id be satisfied with the flexibility that you have already. but if you must, then you must. make sure your muscles are warmed up before you stretch. this will make them more flexible. if you can, get a partner to help push your legs out and bring your chest down to the ground.

lastmanstanding · Jan-09-07, 02:29 PM

train for oversplits by doing the splits with both feet on 2 inch blocks.

notregan · Jan-09-07, 03:39 PM

Relax. Let all the tension out of your body and sink down into it.

Gazapo · Jan-09-07, 03:39 PM

do you do dynamic or static stretching? dynamic is the way to go imo for splits. obviously some static too tho.

Gazapo · Jan-09-07, 03:40 PM

haha regan that avatar is hilarious

notregan · Jan-09-07, 03:48 PM

Thanks, but dynamic's purpose isn't to increase your flexibility.

TKD_Andy · Jan-09-07, 04:17 PM

dynamic stretches jst help you warm up faster and achieve your max flex faster.

i had exactly the same problem man, i got really pissed off that i was like 3 inches off the floor, so i just stretched my box splits in my garden and just relaxed, exhaled, relaxed again and sank down lower. Just keep going until you get down there.

damn, i wish i'd have kept my stretching routine up haha

Jan-09-07, 09:51 AM	#1
ChalkdustTorture Mordne Dya Nijan(sp?) User status: Offline Location: Northern New Jersey Posts: 78 Age: 19	Small problem I have been stretching ever since I started TKD about 10 years ago. I am very flexible now but I still cannot do full splits. I am very close, being as close as an inch off the ground at times (been stuck at that height for a year now). I was wondering if I could get some suggestions to help push past the final obstacle to full splits. Thanks for the help.

Jan-09-07, 09:54 AM	#2
alpha7158 Alpha7158 User status: Offline Location: Birmingham (uni) Posts: 4,499 Age: 21	bare the pain!

Jan-09-07, 10:03 AM	#3
ChalkdustTorture Mordne Dya Nijan(sp?) User status: Offline Location: Northern New Jersey Posts: 78 Age: 19	haha my friends say "get that crotch to the floor"!

Jan-09-07, 10:17 AM	#4
tracekillz HANDPAW MONSTER!!! User status: Offline Location: anywhere and everywhere Posts: 1,686 Age: 23	thats flexible enough. if you overstretch youll loose power and you might possibly have problems later. id be satisfied with the flexibility that you have already. but if you must, then you must. make sure your muscles are warmed up before you stretch. this will make them more flexible. if you can, get a partner to help push your legs out and bring your chest down to the ground.

Jan-09-07, 02:29 PM	#5
lastmanstanding Member User status: Offline Posts: 335 Age: 19	train for oversplits by doing the splits with both feet on 2 inch blocks.

Jan-09-07, 03:39 PM	#6
notregan regan User status: Offline Posts: 162 Age: 25	Relax. Let all the tension out of your body and sink down into it.

Jan-09-07, 03:39 PM	#7
Gazapo Hello. User status: Offline Location: Boston / Puerto Rico Posts: 580 Age: 23	do you do dynamic or static stretching? dynamic is the way to go imo for splits. obviously some static too tho.

Jan-09-07, 03:40 PM	#8
Gazapo Hello. User status: Offline Location: Boston / Puerto Rico Posts: 580 Age: 23	haha regan that avatar is hilarious

Jan-09-07, 03:48 PM	#9
notregan regan User status: Offline Posts: 162 Age: 25	Thanks, but dynamic's purpose isn't to increase your flexibility.

Jan-09-07, 04:17 PM	#10
TKD_Andy has quit User status: Offline Location: Oxford Posts: 7,910 Age: 22	dynamic stretches jst help you warm up faster and achieve your max flex faster. i had exactly the same problem man, i got really pissed off that i was like 3 inches off the floor, so i just stretched my box splits in my garden and just relaxed, exhaled, relaxed again and sank down lower. Just keep going until you get down there. damn, i wish i'd have kept my stretching routine up haha