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The frontal splits is perhaps one of the deepest hamstring stretches of all. Every hamstring stretch helps prepare you for this pose, but it’s also good to practice this pose by itself since it’s very powerful.
Remember, with your full bodyweight hovering over your hamstrings, it’s very easy to push too far here. So please be careful and follow my guidance closely so you stay safe.
Let’s start together on our knees…
Extend your right leg forward and flex the toes out in front of you on the mat.
Very slowly and carefully, slide your right forward until you feel some resistance.
Once you start to feel a stretch in your hamstring, you need to get your fingertips firmly planted into the floor or else on top of a block.
We’ll use our hands for support to control the weight and pressure on our hamstring so it’s never too much.
You want to feel a strong stretch—but no pain. You should be able to breathe deeply and comfortably in and out through the nose the entire time, and engage your quads to protect your hamstring.
Your hamstrings are actually a group of big muscles on the back of your leg and they’ll loosen up quickly, even as we’re practicing now.
As you feel your hamstring loosen, slide your heal a bit more forward and flex you toes and support yourself with your fingertips.
Take at least 20 breaths here before switching sides.
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Duration : 0:2:46
kitten2897
on January 15 2010
gawd, his front …
gawd, his front foot freaks me out ._.
ashleigh53
on January 15 2010
to all idiots …
to all idiots saying it didnt work:
dont be retarted!! noone can learn to do a split in 3 minutes. the tricks he is showing you is just so you dont hurt yourselves! but it takes at least 2 weeks of this everyday before you can actually get to the floor if youve never done a split before-_-
KongPau
on January 15 2010
it didnt work ! fck …
it didnt work ! fck you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gaffery1
on January 15 2010
Idk y I was able to …
Idk y I was able to do them so easy…..I had them down on the second day of streching…well everybdys diff..
PEACEGIRL706
on January 15 2010
ive been dancin …
ive been dancin since i was 3 yrs old and i still cant do the splits!! lol!! thats sad!
gaffery1
on January 15 2010
Worked for me…
Worked for me…
BSPrince
on January 15 2010
You might want to …
You might want to take into consideration, that any kind of splits will take time. They will not happen right away.
iRawRandom
on January 15 2010
it dint work ;L
it dint work ;L
itzmakayla
on January 15 2010
it didnt work.
it didnt work.