How to do a a split?

Question

are there any stretches that can help me to do a split. I am so close to doing a right split i am probably about 3 inches off the ground so i don;t need that much work, I am pretty flexible. I need to be able to do one by september, but preferably sooner

Thanks

Answer 1

practice.. stretch every night for a good 15 to 20 minutes. hope this helps!!=]

Answer 2

i had this same problem a couple years ago and my dance teacher gave me some really great advice. it worked for me hope it works for you.

the most important thing is to be super duper stretched. you hold each of your stretches 30 seconds and squeeze the muscle that is tight, when you let go you will go down so much further its kinda scary. but after your stretched put on the TV and i would make sure that its a show you really like and make you oblivious. there are two different ways to do it

1-go into your splits and hold them during the commercials and stretch and relax during the actual show

2-do your splits during the actual show and stretch and relax during the commercials

if you want to really work on your starttle go against a wall and gently push against it until you can't go any farther, hold it and when you relax push a little more

everyone can do the splits but its you nerves that tell you when to stop, simply push them and you will have your spilt in no time

and as weird as it sounds it works i got my strattle in a week!

GOOD LUCK! XOXO

Answer 3

Keeo working at it every single day!

Make sure that you can keep your muscles loose, and warm up before each practice.

Try laying down straight on your back and holding one leg up to your chest, straighten it, and pull it as close to your face as you can.

Make sure that you keep your bottom leg straight as well.

Another trick is to go into the splits, and put a block under your front foot so you are still lifted off of the ground.

This is normally what people do for oversplit training, but those last couple of inches are very hard to get because there is not as much force from your upper body as your legs start to support you more when you get more and more flexible

Another really random trick that works is to stretch right after you get out of the shower, because your muscles are very loose!

Make sure you also do not overwork your splits, injured hamstrings are not fun!

Answer 4

start with streching out and touching your toes

Answer 5

Practice by holding your split (as far as you can go) for 30 seconds at a time.. I did that every day, and it worked for me. =)