How to improve your flexibility safely in to the splits.
Title:
How to improve your flexibility safely in to the splits.
Word Count:
710
Summary:
Dancers are constantly striving for perfection and are as a result always trying to improve th
Keywords:
Flexibility, Stretches, Stretch programme, Dance, Ballet, Lisa Howell, Exercises, Splits, Fle
Article Body:
There are a few common mistakes people make while trying to improve their flexibility. Number
Secondly, if you are contracting lots of other muscles to pull your leg up (this is common whe
Most people try to improve their flexibility into the splits by simply doing the splits. This
Put some groovy music on, and spread out a mat to enjoy this little routine! I find it much ni
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Lie on your back, with both knees bent and feet on the floor.
·
Slowly rotate your low back from side to side (at least 8 times).
·
Then gently work your hips through their full range (knees bent) by pulling them into
·
Stretch the deep bottom muscles in several positions, by bringing one knee slightly ac
·
Then roll over and bring your foot to your bottom to stretch the front of the thigh.
·
Come up onto one knee, in a lunge position to stretch the front of the hip, making sur
·
Turn the hips slowly to face one side wall, and then the other, feeling for points of
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Sink lower into the lunge, breathing slowly.
·
Come up into standing and stretch the calves, making sure you do a bent knee calf stre
·
Circle your ankles several times in both directions then slowly massage the sole of ea
·
Take your legs wide in standing, then bend one knee and take the hands to the floor to
·
Sit on the floor with your legs out towards a side split position. Lean forward very g
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Slowly lean to one side, and lift the opposite arm to stretch out your side, and breat
·
Come back to centre and lean forward again gently (you should be able to go a little f
·
Roll back onto your back, knees bent and feet together, and then lower the knees into
·
Finally, hold behind the back of one knee and gently extend the knee to stretch the ba
·
Finish off with a gentle stretch into the splits to check your range. Do NOT push this
A unique program is being developed especially for dancers to improve mobility in this area. K
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How to improve your flexibility safely in to the splits.
Word Count:
710
Summary:
Dancers are constantly striving for perfection and are as a result always trying to improve th
Keywords:
Flexibility, Stretches, Stretch programme, Dance, Ballet, Lisa Howell, Exercises, Splits, Fle
Article Body:
There are a few common mistakes people make while trying to improve their flexibility. Number
Secondly, if you are contracting lots of other muscles to pull your leg up (this is common whe
Most people try to improve their flexibility into the splits by simply doing the splits. This
Put some groovy music on, and spread out a mat to enjoy this little routine! I find it much ni
·
Lie on your back, with both knees bent and feet on the floor.
·
Slowly rotate your low back from side to side (at least 8 times).
·
Then gently work your hips through their full range (knees bent) by pulling them into
·
Stretch the deep bottom muscles in several positions, by bringing one knee slightly ac
·
Then roll over and bring your foot to your bottom to stretch the front of the thigh.
·
Come up onto one knee, in a lunge position to stretch the front of the hip, making sur
·
Turn the hips slowly to face one side wall, and then the other, feeling for points of
·
Sink lower into the lunge, breathing slowly.
·
Come up into standing and stretch the calves, making sure you do a bent knee calf stre
·
Circle your ankles several times in both directions then slowly massage the sole of ea
·
Take your legs wide in standing, then bend one knee and take the hands to the floor to
·
Sit on the floor with your legs out towards a side split position. Lean forward very g
·
Slowly lean to one side, and lift the opposite arm to stretch out your side, and breat
·
Come back to centre and lean forward again gently (you should be able to go a little f
·
Roll back onto your back, knees bent and feet together, and then lower the knees into
·
Finally, hold behind the back of one knee and gently extend the knee to stretch the ba
·
Finish off with a gentle stretch into the splits to check your range. Do NOT push this
A unique program is being developed especially for dancers to improve mobility in this area. K
This is a demo version of txt2pdf v.10.1
Developed by SANFACE Software http://www.sanface.com/
Available at http://www.sanface.com/txt2pdf.html