Help with stretching?

Question

i need to get my all of my splits and ive been stretching about 2 hours everyday in my splits since november and i dont really think ive gotten any more flexible. wat should i do??

Answer 1

dont work so much on your splits any more. work more on touching your toes.

This will help you strech out your hamstring.  

If you hold your leg to the side lift it as high as it will go.

Then put your leg against a wall and get your butt as close to the wall as possible.

then just hold your splits for as long as possible.

Sorry. This is all I have.

I got my right and left splits in like 2 months.

Dont worry chica you will get them eventually.

Answer 2

If you know some stretches then they are probably as good as any, but it might be the way you are doing them that is holding you back.

The thing most people do wrong is that they go into a stretch and and they just hold their breath and wait for it to stop hurting. Holding your breath is no good - muscles need oxygen to do things effectively. You push until the muscle is relatively tight, and then focus on breathing and relaxing the muscles.

Useful stretches for right and left leg splits:

- lunges (knee off ground, knee on ground, elbows/head on ground etc)

- counter stretch (with a friend, lie on ground and lift one leg up, get friend to push leg up towards your head. For ten seconds, push against them, then relax suddenly - it takes your muslces a second to regain the tenseness they had, and you get more flexible)

- just holding splits (remember to relax)

Side splits:

- DO NOT DO FROG (it is very bad for your back)

- splits on the wall (lie down with your butt against a wall and your legs going up the wall - keep them straight and lower them down like you're doing centre splits, gravity will stretch them)

I hope that helps

Answer 3

so what you need to do is stretch you legs out intensely. you don't have to kill yourself, but your legs are like rubber bands, the more you stretch them, the easier it gets. so, my tactic, is to do lunges for a while, because it opens your hips, which helps with flexibility. so then, after doing that, put your legs in the butterfly position and lean forward with your arms and torso as much as you can. this will also help open and stretch out your hips, after that workout, go on the floor and spread your legs out as much as possible while your torso stays up straight then lean to the right and left and center again and again, this will stretch your legs and ham strings (a very important muscle to stretch) after all this, your are ready to attempt splits. it will seem like you are not improving, but, in fact, your legs are getting used to this kind of movement and position, in three months you should definitely get your splits down. you have to remember to be patient with your body and do not go over limits, it's okay to push yourself a little bit, but not too much, because if you hurt a muscle it will take a very long time for the healing process to be over, and an even longer time for you to begin training for the competition team. remember to be doing your exercises everyday so you can improve a little each time. be patient and i hope this helps you tremendously, good luck!

Answer 4

Splits stretch:

sit in a butterfly stretch position and bring one of your legs straight back behind you. it should look like you are doing the splits except the front leg is still bent like you are sitting cross legged.

Sit up straight, lean back with one arm. this will stretch your hips out.

Pull through:

sit in straddle position and roll forward through the middle splits until you are flat on your stomach. it stretches your middle splits.

Another helpful splits stretch:

place one foot on something elevated while you are stretching for the splits.

If you do not already do this stretch, it is the main stretch that helped me into my right and left splits:

Sit with one leg out in straddle position and the other is bent behind you. The angle between your legs should be like a straddle meaning that either leg shouldn't be more infront of you than the other. Lean to the side and towards your leg and stretch. then with your back straight, lean forward. you should feel this stretching your inner thighs like a butterfly stretch would.

Good Luck!