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Flexibility-hire a trainer or not?
Been thinking about hiring a trainer to help with stretching and flexibility, however my bills and things seem to take up all my income…anyone have any resources that might help with this? If i have to go out and spend money I will, but I'm willing to bet there are some excellent sources out there that are free or cheap whether it be online or not. Thanks!
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You might look at Veena's lessons, she has a very good flexibility series, and then you get all the other video lessons as well.
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Free flexibility resource:
The one and only… Aerial Amy BLOG!!!
http://aerialamy.com/blog/2012/03/22/thursday-tips-hamstring-flexibility/
http://aerialamy.com/blog/2011/09/19/real-talk-flexibility/
http://aerialamy.com/blog/2012/01/17/tuesday-tips-hip-flexor-flexibility/
Veena has some great flexibility lessons but they are for a fee. I have enjoyed Veena's lessons (including flexibility lessons) and there is a great variety of flexibility, strength, pole and even lap dance – rawr! 😉
Alethea Austin has flexibility DVDs and I have gotten great benefit out of them. They are stretching for pole and pure splits. She sells them on her website. Pure Splits is stretching just for splits. The stretching for pole has some of the pure splits stretches and other body stretching.
Only you can decide if a trainer is the best option for you at this time considering your availability, goals and budget.
I personally utilize DVD, online lessons and free tutorials… Buying Alethea's DVDs and a month of Veena's lessons were cheaper than one hour with a trainer. Trainers are great for consultation, custom program and supervision.
Do what is best for you and wishing you the best of luck whatever you decide.
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I love Aerial Amy too…I remember watching her when I was still in my wheelchair trying to flex what I could https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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I like her stuff too! I'm glad you are recovering and up and about now. 🙂
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I find that my stretching is more effective when I am doing it with other people. My pole teacher is starting a fitness group for our town and we are gonna get together to do different fitness activities like stretching and hiking. Its also good to have someone there to push you that extra inch or two. When I stretch with my friend Jamie, I have her push me down farther or help me pull my leg up behind me to get towards being able to do a scorpion.
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Veena's stretching routines here are great. I also like Alethea's stretch DVD. I have a few yoga DVD's that I like too.
I would only hire a trainer to get specific types of stretching – do you know what you want? I think yoga needs to happen in a class so that you can correct your posture and get the most out of the movement and yoga classes run about $12/class. For resistance stretching – this builds strength and flexibility simultaneously — I recommend a private via skype with Ottersocks aka Ellen Lovelace. If you need partner stretching (advanced) I would hire someone who knows what they are doing – be careful with this there are a lot of people who don't do this correctly – I recommend a GOOD gymnastics coach for this. You can also look into pilates and gyrotronics classes too – these are great because you are building strength which you need to be flexible – but with this please be sure you are getting someone good with a lot of experience.
So there are lots of options – I would say that if you aren't working towards a flexibility goal – to take advantage of the links listed – if you really need some serious help – it doesn't hurt to hire someone who can correct your posture and help you maximize what you're doing. I've taken privates with Ellen, done dvds, and done classes.
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