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Splits in 6 weeks
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And P.S. Chemmie you are so close!!! Remember to keep nice and square when you're stretching to get the most out of it. If that's week 1 you're definitely going to be there at week 6.
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hm, again, call me crazy, but if i am sitting on the floor in pike, with my heels on, my feet aren't flexed… they're in neutral, and actually slightly pointed? and the higher the heel and shorter the platform, the more pointed that they are???
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my understanding of chem's question wasn't whether or not SHE could do splits with shoes on, but that she is stating that it is not actually possible to do square splits with shoes on?…
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In a front split with a proper point, the bottom of the front foot is angled downward at the floor. This is not possible with 6″+ of heel preventing you from doing that.
Regardless, the simple solution is to stretch similarly to how I described above, focusing on stretching out the muscles which become very tight after lots of pointing and always stretching square.
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I was not talking front leg in splits when wearing heels but rather your back leg. I want to say that most performers will have that back leg laying sideways on the floor.
Even on the pole this seems to be the norm, with or without shoes:
http://www.poleexercise.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/themes/poleexercise/images/moves/icon-splits.jpg
With the exception of gymnasts pretty much every photo I have pulled up on google images for splits has the back leg sideways on the floor.
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Not sure why that last one did not work…it previewed fine.
http://0.tqn.com/d/dance/1/5/q/2/-/-/splits10.jpg
http://www.whudat.com/news/images/ciara-splits-on-chair.jpg
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ah, chem that makes more sense to me! whether you have the front foot neutral, or flexed, yes you can wear shoes… i didn't think at all about your poor smushed toes on the back foot kicking right into the ground!
i still think that if you did hip flexor work in square splits, in addition to the jazz splits and hamstring stretches, that you could really benefit https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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i will also add that square hips is really just for training- when you're performing, or getting a picture taken, getting down on the ground flat (with the back leg turned out ) is often much more important.
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He11 Amy…I will just be happy to get near the ground!
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Chem –
I do the same thing – turning my back foot out gets me MUCH closer to the ground, and I agree that for performance (esp. in heels) this is all you really need. I will be thrilled to reach the floor like this- like you, I'm almost there!!
I'm a stickler for form though, and as I have VERY tight hip flexors (and hamstrings, grrr… ), I do all the appropriate stretches to try and loosen them, because _I_ want to know that even though it's not required in performance, that I CAN do it right. It kills me to have to wratchet myself back up from the floor to square my hips because of my tight hip flexors, but, dammit, I want to be able to do it the RIGHT way. I'm just stubborn like that. And progress is slow, but I'm getting there. (I'm also not stretching every day. But that will change come next week – My New Year's resolutions are to exercise/pole every other day and stretch on all my exercise days, gradually adding to stretch on my non-exercise days as well.)
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I have started doing the 6 week challenge, hahahaha! Week one first session I was 21cm off the floor. On the first day of week 2 I was already down to 13cm, yay!!
Will try post some pics
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OK, not sure how to post pics into the thread, but I have started a Splits Progress photo album if anyone's interested
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Add me to the list of peeps doing this program. I am about 4" from the floor on either leading leg split, and that's with instep of back foot straight on the floor and hips square. Am I hopeless? Please tell me no, lol. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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Okaaaayyy,
While I can understand that we are all looking to do the splits, and we are all interested in achieving them quickly…but I don't think this sounds good.
I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but this website seems to think that one can already achieve the splits, which some people cannot, and also, that we are all perfectly flexible enough…if only for that silly muscular tension.
From what I understand of muscles, they are created by building up the muscular tissue, and depending on whether you stretch them, your muscles can be different lengths. When you stretch, it's similar (but not the same!) to weight lifting. When stretching, you are generally tearing tiny bits of your muscle all over, as well as your ligaments and tendons. When repairing, your muscle will repair slowly and try to reach the amount of stretch that tore it, so that such things don't happen again.
That said, attempting to achieve the splits in 6 weeks sounds very dangerous. What happens if your body cannot keep up? What if you don't repair quick enough? What if you're pushing yourself too hard? Worst case scenario, you could tear a muscle, ligament or tendon, and be down and out for MONTHS. Seriously, repairing damage like that takes a very long time, and you'll never, ever be the same. It's also hideously painful, and really, really picky. You move wrong, you're back to square one.
Is it really worth it? Why not just use conventional methods?
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I dont think that this method is dangerous at all as long as you warm up good before and listen to your body and don't push yourself too much. I started doing this method on november 21. And been stretching almost every day and it took me about 8 weeks to get into the splits. BUT… I did add alot of other stretches then those 6 that he mentions in this method. I was not inflexible when I starte but still took me 8 weeks and now about 2 weeks later I still cant do the splits in each session. I have good and bad split days 😛
But my conclusion is that stretching is always good as long as you warm up, listen to your body and also strenghten your muscles that you are trying to stretch 🙂
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