You are on the right track, progress will come with time, and the fact that your are being so diligent will help tremendously in the long run! Hopefully next week you’ll see some gains, even if it’s an inch, all the inches add up 😉 Keep up the good work, I’m rooting for you!
Your back bend has definitely gotten taller!! What I look at is, if you draw a straight line from your shoulders to the ground you’ll see your angle has decreased from about 20 degrees to 10 degrees, meaning you are much closer to having your wrists stacked under shoulders. Well done! ?
I’m glad the propped front splits worked well for you!!
To answer your question, I usually switch it up, sometimes I’ll do one variation 4x or I’ll do different variations totaling 4x. It all depends on how much time you have and what is feeling good for you.
I totally understand the shoulder tightness, that’s what made me start hardcore flexibility in the first place! My advice for your shoulders, try to make more space by pushing your arms away from your torso (OR VICE VERSA), I usually do pulse ups or holds for 3-5 seconds. Then once you’ve “made space” in the shoulders try to rock back, pushing your armpits backwards, again you can do pulses or holds, or you can reset each time and cycle through the push up (make space), then push back (through armpits).
Welcome to the flexibility challenge Paul, I’m glad to hear you enjoyed the routine! I look forward to seeing your progress along the way. 🙂
A little tip to start you off, try using two chairs to prop your forearms on while you’re doing your splits, that way you’ll be more comfortable and can focus on breathing, engaging and relaxing.
Wow I see you have gained some great shoulder extension from your last post! Well done?? I see your goal is to have your arms straight under head, you’re so close!! Sometimes I’ll go up onto my tippy toes, push up into my shoulders and then rock my chest back so my shoulders are stacked on my wrists., then try to pull my heels down. Rootin’ for ya!
You can do this routine as many times as you feel necessary, you don’t have to every time. But if it feels good and gets your muscles warmed up even better, I’d say pick the ones you’d like and do those every time. Also, yes definitely try the muscle isolations in dynamic and static stretches so you can gain more strength and control in various positions. Happy Stretching!!
You are on the right track, progress will come with time, and the fact that your are being so diligent will help tremendously in the long run! Hopefully next week you’ll see some gains, even if it’s an inch, all the inches add up 😉 Keep up the good work, I’m rooting for you!
I’m not exactly sure, it has just been yours, but I’ll fix them every time, no big deal.
Welcome to the challenge, that’s really good considering you haven’t stretched in a year! I’m excited to see your progress, you’ll be ultra bendy ?
Happy Stretching!
Your back bend has definitely gotten taller!! What I look at is, if you draw a straight line from your shoulders to the ground you’ll see your angle has decreased from about 20 degrees to 10 degrees, meaning you are much closer to having your wrists stacked under shoulders. Well done! ?
I’m glad the propped front splits worked well for you!!
To answer your question, I usually switch it up, sometimes I’ll do one variation 4x or I’ll do different variations totaling 4x. It all depends on how much time you have and what is feeling good for you.
I totally understand the shoulder tightness, that’s what made me start hardcore flexibility in the first place! My advice for your shoulders, try to make more space by pushing your arms away from your torso (OR VICE VERSA), I usually do pulse ups or holds for 3-5 seconds. Then once you’ve “made space” in the shoulders try to rock back, pushing your armpits backwards, again you can do pulses or holds, or you can reset each time and cycle through the push up (make space), then push back (through armpits).
And I’m so thankful you like the routines!!
Welcome to the flexibility challenge Paul, I’m glad to hear you enjoyed the routine! I look forward to seeing your progress along the way. 🙂
A little tip to start you off, try using two chairs to prop your forearms on while you’re doing your splits, that way you’ll be more comfortable and can focus on breathing, engaging and relaxing.
Happy Stretching!
Wow I see you have gained some great shoulder extension from your last post! Well done?? I see your goal is to have your arms straight under head, you’re so close!! Sometimes I’ll go up onto my tippy toes, push up into my shoulders and then rock my chest back so my shoulders are stacked on my wrists., then try to pull my heels down. Rootin’ for ya!
Yes!!! I see a flexy future for you 😀 <3 I can't wait to see your progress!
Thank you for being here, I’m so happy you’re enjoying the new routines! I plan on continually updating and adding resources in the future 🙂
You can do this routine as many times as you feel necessary, you don’t have to every time. But if it feels good and gets your muscles warmed up even better, I’d say pick the ones you’d like and do those every time. Also, yes definitely try the muscle isolations in dynamic and static stretches so you can gain more strength and control in various positions. Happy Stretching!!
…and um what’s going on behind you lol!?!
Great to see you here Anne. You’re looking good, I can’t wait to see how you progress! 😀