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7 Best Stretches to Make You Flexible Enough to do the Splits Flexibility seems to stray farther and farther as we age. Our bodies seem to turn into trees and movement becomes quite constricted. Yet, flexibility has many health benefits. It increases blood flow, decreases the risk of injury to the muscles when taking part in activities and tones the body and also gives energy. Before you run out the door and possibly injure yourself though, let’s start with a quick warm up. Get your blood flowing and heart pumping by running around the house or the block. Once you’re warmed up you’re ready to begin these stretching exercises. 1. This is an easy one to do but if you battle, don’t worry—it will become easy in no time. Place your palms together and stretch your arms up towards the sky. 2. Start in the same position as the previous stretch. Hold on to your calf with your hands and gently push your body down until you can comfortably place your head next to your knee and your chest on your thigh. 3. You can also go sideways for a change. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Share Book Recommendations With Your Friends, Join Book Clubs, Answer Trivia 5 Stretches That Finally Make It Easy to Master the Splits Remember back in the day when it was super easy to drop down into a split? Heck, remember back in the day when it was easy to bend over and touch your toes? Part of getting older is getting a little creakier, but that stiffness isn't something we have to just lie down and take — there are some yoga poses that can keep us limber, and even get us back into those splits. It's all about being regular with your stretching. The splits, of course, are the ultimate test of stretchability, but if the thought of busting them out right now causes panic, don't freak out just yet — I promise to ease you into this pose nice and slow. Stick with these five stretches and you'll master the splits in no time. 1. Standing straight up, feet together, arms by your side, reach your hands up and overhead into a prayer position and then swan-dive your arms and chest down toward the ground. Stretches hamstrings and back, alleviates anxiety, relieves headaches, improves digestion and quiets the mind. 2.
Top Martial Arts Techniques for a Flexible Body - Stretching Exercises Why do we need flexibility? What is flexibility? Do we really need it? Well these are the questions that may pop up in your mind. Do you think you will be that flexible when you reach their age? Why Do We Need A Flexible Body? To perform your daily activities with ease you need flexibility. Image: blitzmag.net One of the main secrets of martial arts is a flexibility. Horse Stretch For this stretch you need to open your legs to shoulder width. So, try to relax your muscles and if you feel pain, slowly exit the stretch. The W Stretch You need to stand straight with your feet shoulder width apart. The V stretch For this stretch you need to sit on the ground. image: shakadula.com The Hip Stretch The hip stretch will loosen the area around your hips. Image: fitness-training-at-home.com The Back Stretch The back is the most stiffest part in the body. The Neck Stretch The neck stretch is a simple and easy method to loosen the neck muscles. Shoulder Exercise Hip Rotation Image: asksensei.com Calf Stretch
5 Essential Martial Arts Stretches Increase your flexibility and optimize your martial arts performance with this stretching routine. Martial artists require a higher degree of flexibility than most athletes. Even the sport's novice skills demand at least a moderate level of flexibility for correct execution. During a match, a fighter moves in all three directional planes. The following five martial arts stretches should have a place in all fighters' stretching routines. Standing Hamstring Stretch Stand in front of a raised object (about hip height) and place your foot on it. Scorpion Stretch Lie face down on the floor.Create a straight line with your shoulders by stretching your arms with your palms facing the floor.Raise your left leg and bring your heel to the opposite side of your lower back.Hold your leg at the ankle with your left hand and pull the heel toward your butt. American Splits Start by standing upright.Placing your hand for support, walk your legs out to the side as far as possible. Chinese Splits References:
Bruce Lee Stretching Routine for Bruce Lee Flexibility for Bruce Lee Flexibility Stretching was a vital component of Bruce Lee’s daily workout. Bruce Lee understood that flexibility is useful for all forms of exercise, from martial arts to cross training, weight lifting to gymnastics, football to basketball, baseball to track, etc. The Bruce Lee stretching routine was specific and regimented. It was a simple way for Bruce Lee to warm up, help prevent injury and increase his range of motion. Here’s a clip of a Bruce Lee stretching routine from the film “Way of the Dragon“: Before the final fight against Chuck Norris, Bruce Lee can be seen doing a series of flexibility stretches to warm up. Bruce Lee Stretching Routine Warm Up Video The Bruce Lee stretching routine is, for the most part, still used by many martial artists and athletes to this day. Bruce Lee Stretching Exercises for Bruce Lee Flexibility Training Seated & Standing Hamstring Stretch Raise one leg up on a bar like a ballet dancer. Hurdler’s Stretch Seated Groin Stretch Lunging Stretch
Embodied Flexibility: Enrolment Page - Movement Monk - Becoming free of daily pain and restriction showed me the importance of being flexible and able to move freely. It also showed me that not many people knew how to help me go from physical restriction to the freedom I wanted to feel in my body. They just told me I was super tight and gave me a couple of stretches to 'fix' the problem. Nothing really worked long-term. I was soooo frustrated ... Everyday activities like walking, picking up objects, was harder that they needed to be. The real inspiration for my journey happened while watching old Kung fu movies. I wanted to move the way they moved. The high kicks, the low stances, the freedom in every movement, that sense of being a grown adult who still knows how to play and move … The way humans should. I decided to take this getting flexible thing seriously. So I tried every flexibility trick in the book. And I followed all the 'gurus,' but a few months later not much in my body had changed. In fact upon reflection, they were flat out wrong.