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Bridge trouble :-/
Hi, I was just hoping I could get some advice if just reassurance on my bridge? I used to do gymnastics as a kid and can still do handstands and go into a bridge from a handstand but for some reason (obviously cos I’m not a kid anymore) I cannot seem to hold the bridge. My legs start doing this freaky thing where they go all weak an my whole body feels like its going to collapse lol.
Did anyone else experience anything similar when learning and will it go away with practice? I just can’t understand how I can hold my body weight on two hands fine but not on all fours. Thank you! X -
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That happened to me also. You're not the only one LOL. I stopped about 6 years. I started to go back to these stuff 3 years ago, not wanting to lose my flexibility. I could hardly hold a bridge. Weak arms. Weak legs. Concrete back. I did a bridge anyway and came down to floor after such hard practices. My routine was I do a bridge a few times after an hour stretching the whole body. A few weeks later, doing a bridge was easier. After about 2 years, I was happy I dared to do a walkover (handstand into a bridge then I stand up from bridge). I Now I still struggle with holding a bridge longer as I feel not comfortable breathing in this position. But I see a little progress.
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@polefitness, try to think of breathing into your back and your sides and see if that helps. It's hard to get a good abdominal breath when you're all stretched and bent like that, but you can expand in other directions (laterally and posterially). Not as satisfying as a deep upright breath, but better than feeling pinched off.
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I was a competitive cheerleader from the age of 6 all the way up until I was I’m college at a university level… Now with that said from my experience of cheer and taking tumbling classes, you really need
To stretch before and after. Helping little girls learn this which we call a back bend.. Have someone spot u simply with a palm in the middle of ur back. Another great way of practicing which I’ve done and still do is standing in front of a wall or door etc.. Lean back a little and put ur hands on the wall above u.. Then inch by inch move ur hands further down letting the wall guide u. A ball can help but it’s not stable. The wall really does help go as far as u can come up and do it again… If I’m not explainging to where u can understand msg me -
@PippiParnasse, thanks a lot. I'll try to breathe like you wrote.
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I have a similar problem when I do a chest stand. My legs feel funny/weak. I believe that it happens because my body is not well adjusted to the extreme bend, and it is putting pressure on some crucial nerves. For me it is not an issue of strength or flexibility. Is this what you are refering to?
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