When I try to do the splits, my knees ache badly. Am I doing it properly?

Question

It's a very uncomfortable feeling - am I not doing the splits correctly?

Answer 1

It's normal in centre splits - but otherwise you're probably just trying to straighten them

Answer 2

you might just be trying to hard to straighten your legs, maybe locking or over extending your knees

Answer 3

Make sure you doing the right stretches, and point you toes or foot.

Also to relax your muscles you can soak in warm water then try the splits.

Answer 4

UR JUST GETTING A BIT NERVOUS .

Answer 5

when i first started doing the splits i couldnt go quite all the way down and it was really uncomfortable for my knees but once i fully got them then it went away. You also could be trying to hard to turn out which could twist your knee in a funny way....