Remember, if your splits is a long way off, you can still get massive benefits from practicing this pose. Just use lots of pillows and work from where you are. PDF guide in the description. Your questions and comments are always most welcome. Hope you find this helpful! - Lucas @ YOGABODY
I have watched more than 30 split videos. This one got me fired up. Very very effective, injury free method with many more bnefits than just flexibility. Thanks a ZILLLIOOOOOOON.
My covid lock down challenge was the splits , took me safely 2 years , i was 57 . Taught me patience and as long as you have looked after yourself , there is no age limit. Iv just achieved the headstand this week and nearly down on my box split I am trying a controlled handstand next .watching these videos on u tube has really inspired me , what can I do next .I do the splits and any difficult stretches 3 4 times a week after my yoga lesson / strength flexibility , whilst I’m warmed up .Good luck everyone ❤ be patient it takes the body along time to relax and feel safe . It’s all about breathing and calming the nervous system.
I study PNF at university as a full course, this is so wonderful to see someone do it on real life for healthy people and not just for sick one's. Thanks
This is so humbling. Every breathe I take stresses my CNS out and I've been telling myself this for years. You're breathing technique actually let my hip flexor relax and pop 3 times in less than 5 minutes. This could be life changing for me.
Fantastic video. Pro-tip: Breath in through nose, exhale through nose with an audible hum. Humming increases Nitric Oxide production by up to 15x. I personally prefer only inhale/exhale through the nasal passage. Keeps the nasal passage hydrated and you have better oral health.
Dude thank you so much for walking it through with us. Im a dancer and been looking for someone to do it with me with the actual time of doing it included. It was very well explained and I love how you gave tips along the way and clear instructions while doing it with us. Thank you.
A very good explanation and demonstration. One small, technical thing though: when you’re going to do the next PNF contraction do not raise yourself up with your hands try to stay at the same level of stretch where you’re currently at. That way you’re in the stretch most position signaling to your nervous system that this amount of stretch is OK great stuff! I love PNF stretching been doing it for years.
Thank you for this! I've followed other methods for 2 months and saw very little change. After following this 4/5 x a week for 6 weeks, I'm making significant progress. My front leg is no issue, but the back leg won't quite stay straight or flatten out. I'm tipping slightly to one side. I'm so much closer, though. I started a heavy leg focused strength training programme at the same time, and I think this is really helping to stop muscle tightness. I'm just psyching myself up to do this again now. It's tough!
awkward, iv been doing contraction/cramping and deep breathing to attain my desires of flexibility and mobility. I never learned it, i never read it, i never knew it, it just worked and I began doing it. Your sharing of accumulated knowledge has given me ways to describe what I was doing. Great work
This is awesome! I'm about 70% towards doing the full splits and I remember a few times I had stretched my hamstring a bit too far but not enough for injury, by the grace of God, I wish I had something like this to walk me through to this
Returning to the full splits after 25 years. I am 39 .... I would perform the splits in a variety of fun ways... almost instantly upon request. Jumping of cars into the split . Attempting to return to my teenage state has been somewhat stiff. But I saw you . Grabbed my bean bag and its my new split support till I get comfortable. An alternate take on youre method. Thanks man. If I do perform them once agin I will leave a comment. Could be a month . Maybe never =) but we don't quit.
This is the world's best split teaching video ever exist in the universe. I do the split for months and only 1-2 time I touch the ground with my right leg in the front, and my left leg is totally fragile because I resist to much cause of the pain. Now I touch the ground right on the end of the 5 minute, first try, and my left leg has improved so much. Thank you, much respect.
Great video - I didn't do the splits a while and it just wasn't going smothly down... after this exercise - happily coming down again - amazing!! Love your videoclasses and can warmheartedly recommend Yogabody certification courses - they are superbe.
You're amazing thank you so much! I'm getting closer to the splits but in the past weeks I feel that I've reached a plateau. I'll be doing this every night for one whole week and I'm aiming to achieve them in that time. 😁
Thanks so much, it is so helpful. It is so simple and effective. I see my progress in just a few days. It would be great if you could do a video on middle split as well. Thanks again. so so much. You are a grand master!!
I have been struggling with front split for 2 years and I am now 3 inches away from the floor and doesn’t feel like anything working. I will use your method to see if it works. Thanks for this useful content. ❤
@@Mesmerize-Eyez89 it does decrease my discomfort level and PNF does work to increase flexibility. But you don’t have to hold 5 minutes. 1 and 30 sec are more than enough.
This is a killer exercise! I'm a flex instructor myself and I do a lot of PNF stretching. Thinking what I can use at the studio, instead of cushions...
I’ve been trying to do front splits for years. I would say I am quite flexible but just couldn’t get there. I just did my first split with this video on the first try. There is something to be said about fear and breath work. Thank you! 🙏
I do it hardcore. No warm up. Each time it get's faster and easier. I'm talking about years not some months. Splits solved my pain not being able to bow don't and recover fast. Now I can always pick something up from the floor without having pain in the back. No disadvantage at all having the full split.
I’ve been trying to get my splits since 2020. Never tried this technique before. I’ve made progress in the last four years with 60 second stretches x3 on each side but let’s see where this technique gets me.
I absolutely love your videos and teaching style. I find the sound effect of the text overlays a little distracting and wish the volume on them was lower. Thanks for being a great teacher.
The feedback on how to stay within that 7 out of 10 intensity and how to identify it is super helpful. My daughter and I both do Chinese dance and would love to get to the splits. I used to do splits routinely about 30 years ago but I'm many inches from the floor now. We tried another routine over the summer but it was brutal (beyond 7 out of 10) and no real payoff after many weeks. Hoping to try this over winter break when we have 2 weeks off from dance class and rehearsals.
Hoping this would help you regain your flexibility before and would help your daughter finally have a less brutal routine in practicing her splits. - YOGABODY Team
@@YOGABODY.Official It's very sad, because I have been plateauing for a while and it felt like I was finally making a breakthrough, but I might have pushed too far too fast.
Hello Zyreno - I'm not convinced box splits is accessible to everyone, I actually think it's < 10% of people could - potentially - do it. But not sure.
thanks to you my legs are TREMBLING! . but i can def see some progress like i can almost sit in my splits after just 2 days I'm pretty sure that a week from now i will have my full splits so i can impress my gymnastics coach when i come back to the gym!
I am surprised, to say the least. I'd been trying to improve my splits for 2 years of regular training with no results. Now, I took the method of this video + pidgeon and launch pose, and I have an improvement just after two weeks. Magic. But ngl, even at 7/10, this is the most painful and exhausting stretching I've ever done.
Ive dislocated my knee a couple of times and after that i lost my splits. Im trying my middle split again. Even tho ive always been overweight ive had my splits. I hope we all make it! Good luck guys!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who knows the 30 second stretch data is total B.S. I think it was people who don't know how to stretch collecting data on people who never have really stretched seeing some "newbie gains". After that initial plateau 30 second stretches will get you nowhere. After 40 years of stretching from martial arts and having an ex who is an Indian trained yoga teacher I have never seen anybody gain good flexibility from 30 second stretches. I've seen some people, usually girls, who naturally have good flexibility without any training, but they usually also have poor muscle strength and joint instability because the flexibility is not from training but from innate anatomy and morphology. I'm not even really starting to relax into the stretch until about a minute has passed.
Trying to help my daughter w this & once she felt the pain it was too much & she hates this stretch. Gonna try the stack w her. What helps w me is at the end of the relax part is squeezing my quad in front, hamstring in back, as if to pull my legs open. Then I relax & settle into it. Soon as I did that I started touching the ground.
Hello Sati - you can use for box splits, yes, though I'm not convinced this range (side splits) is accessible to everyone. I've seen it so so rarely in students.
I'm three weeks in now, still hanging in there. I've been practicing martial arts since the 80ies, I'm starting to think I can succeed with full splits this time.
I shall comment under my comment as many times until i reach a split. Using your methods. (Its been more than a couple days already but today will be the first in terms of accountability. So here goes nothing 1!
Thank you Lucas for this video, I have been working with this for the past 3 days and already seeing results in my splits, really paying attention to your breathing and 7 - 10 intensity, I have been working with 2bolsters, one relatively flat and one rounded, with two cushions. and relaxing deeper close to removing the cushions. Thank you :) Also thank you for the Ankle release video as well, been using both. :)
I usually only watch these types of videos but as of two days ago January 4th I started and we’ll see hopefully in 6 months I can come back and say I got my splits 😅
Thank you for the video, i m following every night and i hope it is helpful 😊 I m practicing yoga for a long time. I know my quad n hip flexor are tight, and my backbend are bad too. My hipstring is ok flexible. When i first follow your video, my hipstring stress as it stretch a lot, i bet its compensate for my hip flexor and quad. And my glute area have weird sensation for the next day. So i am starting at higher cushion level. Hope it will work, its my fourth day, i never practice front split regularly. But i tried to be as low as 2 inches above the ground 10 years ago
Hey @cutedingo, thanks for your interest. We always advise that you should try and stay consistent with your stretching, just don't push into any pain. Keep up the good work! - YOGABODY Team
Thank you for a great lesson! Would it benefit to prepare yourself before the lesson: 1. warm up the muscles (like, some running, etc.), 2. do a sciatic nerve glide exercise?
Hi Timophey. Warming up with light running and doing sciatic nerve glides before PNF stretching or splits work is beneficial, improving safety and flexibility. - YOGABODY Team
Terrific video. Exactly what I'm looking for (60 y/o male, physically active, crazy tight hips and lower body). Quick question - how often should the "lift and engage" take place? Once per minute? more? thx
Like it very much, usually people offer so many different stretches to get into splits. This is one and to the point. Could you do something like this for getting into the wheel pose. To me splits have always been pleasurable and somewhat easy to do, but I struggle so much with backbends and twists where shoulders and middle spine are involved... I've been doing your stretching program for 2 months now and am getting progress but still a long way to go for wheel as I'm also lacking strength to lift the upper body from the floor...
Thank you for this video! I don‘t know why but I had to laugh during the whole stretch. Maybe because of the Golgi. My body was like what are you doing?😅 But it was amazing for practising the split, thank you!🤍
Hi, great video! Your energy and presence is very soothing and warm to me and probably to many others. Thanks for sharing your passion. I have a question. Could this be used in other poses? A forward fold for example. I can’t seem to get myself any further in my fold. I want my forehead to to touch my shins! Lol. Could I try the PNF to improve in other poses? Thanks! ❤
I love how simple and yet knowledgeable every one of your videos are. Thank you for sharing! Do you hold your breath for the 5 seconds of leg contraction or are you breathing in for 5?
Having done yoga for many years I would guess breathing in for 5 seconds. Your muscles generally don’t cooperate when you hold your breath even for a second or two. If you have trouble with the breath instead of holding it. Do shorter in & out to work up to it. Hope this helps
This was so helpful. I managed to get full front splits with this technique. Just wondering if regular practice would help me drop into full splits easily? Or would I always need to work my way into it like this Please could you also make a helpful video for frog pose?
Great to hear! Regular practice will definitely help with improving your range of motion, flexibility relies on consistent practice so keep going. Will take your feedback into consideration too, thanks. - YOGABODY Team
Wow! This was an excelent strech treining, and a good way of getting educated in PNF+ human anatomy. Than you. Do you have any more videos of PNF movements?
This is great work! I like the engagement of muscles before relaxed stretching. I teach yoga and Pilates. I am back to full splits-both sides after bilateral hip replacements. My orthopedic surgeon has fits when I tell him this! I am careful but so stretched! Feels great! Any tips for hip replacement students?
When working with a hip replacement, focus on gentle stretches, avoid extreme positions, and encourage gradual progress with proper support. - YOGABODY Team
It all makes sense like everyone has said I been receiving the total opposite of this training and they never share expressing the importance of the correct breathing techniques
Can you make a video to make the facial split ? Thank you so much for the technique !! I am gonna try. I am 41 and I always dreamed to acheved the split
Remember, if your splits is a long way off, you can still get massive benefits from practicing this pose. Just use lots of pillows and work from where you are. PDF guide in the description. Your questions and comments are always most welcome. Hope you find this helpful! - Lucas @ YOGABODY
Do these pillows have a certain name? Yoga pillows are something else as far as I understand?
@@romraptor they're just standard cushions you get on small stools and that sort of thing. Lucas mentions at the start that couch pillows are better.
HI CAN U DO ONE ON THE SIDE SPLITS
Can you use boaster for the splitting uou
What really is the purpose of a split ? What are the benefits ... if any ?
I have watched more than 30 split videos. This one got me fired up. Very very effective, injury free method with many more bnefits than just flexibility. Thanks a ZILLLIOOOOOOON.
Glad it's helpful! Keep going...
My covid lock down challenge was the splits , took me safely 2 years , i was 57 . Taught me patience and as long as you have looked after yourself , there is no age limit. Iv just achieved the headstand this week and nearly down on my box split I am trying a controlled handstand next .watching these videos on u tube has really inspired me , what can I do next .I do the splits and any difficult stretches 3 4 times a week after my yoga lesson / strength flexibility , whilst I’m warmed up .Good luck everyone ❤ be patient it takes the body along time to relax and feel safe . It’s all about breathing and calming the nervous system.
Have have also watched so many I keep coming back to to the same ones same for walkovers
I study PNF at university as a full course, this is so wonderful to see someone do it on real life for healthy people and not just for sick one's.
Thanks
Thanks for your support!
This is so humbling. Every breathe I take stresses my CNS out and I've been telling myself this for years. You're breathing technique actually let my hip flexor relax and pop 3 times in less than 5 minutes. This could be life changing for me.
Did this once today and I finally sat down in my splits. I couldn’t be happier
So happy to hear about your success with the splits!
- YOGABODY Team
Fantastic video.
Pro-tip: Breath in through nose, exhale through nose with an audible hum. Humming increases Nitric Oxide production by up to 15x. I personally prefer only inhale/exhale through the nasal passage. Keeps the nasal passage hydrated and you have better oral health.
no feel better relief by mouth
Been doing this for the past 10 days or so and I'm already really excited about the progress I've been making :)
Keep up the consistency!
- YOGABODY Team
Dude thank you so much for walking it through with us. Im a dancer and been looking for someone to do it with me with the actual time of doing it included. It was very well explained and I love how you gave tips along the way and clear instructions while doing it with us. Thank you.
A very good explanation and demonstration. One small, technical thing though: when you’re going to do the next PNF contraction do not raise yourself up with your hands try to stay at the same level of stretch where you’re currently at. That way you’re in the stretch most position signaling to your nervous system that this amount of stretch is OK great stuff! I love PNF stretching been doing it for years.
Yes that's how I do it.
I suppose he's doing this for the beginners. It's easier to visualize and achieve muscle contraction this way.
@jomni can you pls explain further?
@@jomnihow do you then Come out of the stretch
Thank you for this! I've followed other methods for 2 months and saw very little change. After following this 4/5 x a week for 6 weeks, I'm making significant progress. My front leg is no issue, but the back leg won't quite stay straight or flatten out. I'm tipping slightly to one side. I'm so much closer, though. I started a heavy leg focused strength training programme at the same time, and I think this is really helping to stop muscle tightness. I'm just psyching myself up to do this again now. It's tough!
awkward, iv been doing contraction/cramping and deep breathing to attain my desires of flexibility and mobility. I never learned it, i never read it, i never knew it, it just worked and I began doing it. Your sharing of accumulated knowledge has given me ways to describe what I was doing. Great work
That's amazing that you did it instinctively, Shunyata! Keep it up.
-YOGABODY Team
This is the best PNF breakdown I’ve ever seen!
This is awesome! I'm about 70% towards doing the full splits and I remember a few times I had stretched my hamstring a bit too far but not enough for injury, by the grace of God, I wish I had something like this to walk me through to this
doing this 5 times a week. i could do the splits 40 years ago....will keep you updated... love the stretch.... really love it
Let us know if you finally got it again!
- YOGABODY Team
This is the only one that worked for me! Thank you!
Returning to the full splits after 25 years. I am 39 .... I would perform the splits in a variety of fun ways... almost instantly upon request. Jumping of cars into the split . Attempting to return to my teenage state has been somewhat stiff. But I saw you . Grabbed my bean bag and its my new split support till I get comfortable. An alternate take on youre method. Thanks man. If I do perform them once agin I will leave a comment. Could be a month . Maybe never =) but we don't quit.
Keep at it, and let us know how it goes. We love your determination!
- YOGABODY Team
Thank you for these scientific yet simple explanations, which makes this important knowledge easily accessable, much appreciated 🙏🏼
Thanks for your support!
Finally, someone not annoying explaining stretching and muscle anatomy. Good work!
This is the world's best split teaching video ever exist in the universe. I do the split for months and only 1-2 time I touch the ground with my right leg in the front, and my left leg is totally fragile because I resist to much cause of the pain. Now I touch the ground right on the end of the 5 minute, first try, and my left leg has improved so much. Thank you, much respect.
Glad to have helped!
- YOGABODY Team
Great video - I didn't do the splits a while and it just wasn't going smothly down... after this exercise - happily coming down again - amazing!! Love your videoclasses and can warmheartedly recommend Yogabody certification courses - they are superbe.
You're amazing thank you so much! I'm getting closer to the splits but in the past weeks I feel that I've reached a plateau. I'll be doing this every night for one whole week and I'm aiming to achieve them in that time. 😁
How is it going?? I am on my 2nd week here doing this routine
Thanks so much, it is so helpful. It is so simple and effective. I see my progress in just a few days. It would be great if you could do a video on middle split as well. Thanks again. so so much. You are a grand master!!
I have been struggling with front split for 2 years and I am now 3 inches away from the floor and doesn’t feel like anything working. I will use your method to see if it works. Thanks for this useful content. ❤
How did it work out for you?
@@Mesmerize-Eyez89 it does decrease my discomfort level and PNF does work to increase flexibility. But you don’t have to hold 5 minutes. 1 and 30 sec are more than enough.
This is a killer exercise! I'm a flex instructor myself and I do a lot of PNF stretching. Thinking what I can use at the studio, instead of cushions...
Hope it helps, Anna!
thank you!
I got so many answers and realizations because of your video.
I would love to see a similar one about side splits.
Thank you for the kind words. Will take note of your suggestion.
- YOGABODY Team
I’ve been trying to do front splits for years. I would say I am quite flexible but just couldn’t get there. I just did my first split with this video on the first try. There is something to be said about fear and breath work. Thank you! 🙏
This is incredible! Glad you could put it into practice, keep going.
- YOGABODY Team
I am doing yoga at 46 and firs time to do splits at my age. I love this video. Trying this soon. Thank you!
Hope you achieve the splits. Remember to listen to your body if you feel any discomfort, best to take a rest.
- YOGABODY Team
Thank you so much@@YOGABODY.Official
I do it hardcore. No warm up. Each time it get's faster and easier. I'm talking about years not some months. Splits solved my pain not being able to bow don't and recover fast. Now I can always pick something up from the floor without having pain in the back. No disadvantage at all having the full split.
Glad you found what worked best for you!
- YOGABODY Team
OW OW I WAS CRYING TRYING IVE BEEN TRYING FLR MONTHS WEEKS YEARS AND NOTHING JAS CHANGED WHYYY
I’ve been trying to get my splits since 2020. Never tried this technique before. I’ve made progress in the last four years with 60 second stretches x3 on each side but let’s see where this technique gets me.
Where did it take you ?
I absolutely love your videos and teaching style. I find the sound effect of the text overlays a little distracting and wish the volume on them was lower.
Thanks for being a great teacher.
Thanks for the feedback, Kirsten.
Thank you for this video! How do I train to do the middle splits with PNF?
Watchd a lot of videos on split, but this one is the best one.thank you🙏
Thank you! I got my splits in 20 days thanks to your video!
Congratulations on achieving your splits!
- YOGABODY Team
The feedback on how to stay within that 7 out of 10 intensity and how to identify it is super helpful. My daughter and I both do Chinese dance and would love to get to the splits. I used to do splits routinely about 30 years ago but I'm many inches from the floor now. We tried another routine over the summer but it was brutal (beyond 7 out of 10) and no real payoff after many weeks. Hoping to try this over winter break when we have 2 weeks off from dance class and rehearsals.
Hoping this would help you regain your flexibility before and would help your daughter finally have a less brutal routine in practicing her splits.
- YOGABODY Team
So much knowledge in one video WITH NO ADS!!! Instantly subbed
Glad you liked the video, Brina!
- YOGABODY Team
I wish I saw this before I twinged my left hamstring. I have heard of PNF before but this is one of the best explanations I've seen of it
Be careful, James... this is a really aggressive stretch
@@YOGABODY.Official It's very sad, because I have been plateauing for a while and it felt like I was finally making a breakthrough, but I might have pushed too far too fast.
Great video, I will definitely try this for my front split. Could you also do a video for side split?
Hello Zyreno - I'm not convinced box splits is accessible to everyone, I actually think it's < 10% of people could - potentially - do it. But not sure.
@@YOGABODY.Official But front splits is accessible for most people?
Best video I’ve seen yet on stretching. Thank you 🙏🌟❤️
Thanks Simon!
Excellent explanation Thanks those muscle tension exercise’s and breathing remind me of Paramahansa Yoganandas relaxation and energisation excercises
This is THE BEST explained and demo'd split video and ive seen too many!! Kudos and thank you! Subscribed :)
Thank you for subscribing!
- YOGABODY Team
thanks to you my legs are TREMBLING! . but i can def see some progress like i can almost sit in my splits after just 2 days I'm pretty sure that a week from now i will have my full splits so i can impress my gymnastics coach when i come back to the gym!
That's amazing progress in just 2 days. Keep at it, but remember to listen to your body and avoid pushing yourself too hard.
- YOGABODY Team
I am surprised, to say the least. I'd been trying to improve my splits for 2 years of regular training with no results. Now, I took the method of this video + pidgeon and launch pose, and I have an improvement just after two weeks. Magic. But ngl, even at 7/10, this is the most painful and exhausting stretching I've ever done.
Glad you found this helpful, Valerii. Keep up the good work!
- YOGABODY Team
Ive dislocated my knee a couple of times and after that i lost my splits. Im trying my middle split again. Even tho ive always been overweight ive had my splits. I hope we all make it! Good luck guys!
Keep going!
great motivation!
Okay. Ive tried this one time and ITS LITERALLY MAGICX
Amazing! Keep practicing and enjoying the progress. It's great to see the magic happening.
- YOGABODY Team
Are you able to make one of these for the middle splits Lucas? It would help a lot of people and would be hugely popular
So glad this video showed up in my recommended list! Thank you! I can’t wait to try it!
Very helpful Lucas.....thanks for the video
One of the best splits video on RUclips! Please could you make a follow along one for middle splits too?
Thanks for the suggestion, will keep that in mind!
- YOGABODY Team
I'm glad I'm not the only one who knows the 30 second stretch data is total B.S. I think it was people who don't know how to stretch collecting data on people who never have really stretched seeing some "newbie gains". After that initial plateau 30 second stretches will get you nowhere. After 40 years of stretching from martial arts and having an ex who is an Indian trained yoga teacher I have never seen anybody gain good flexibility from 30 second stretches. I've seen some people, usually girls, who naturally have good flexibility without any training, but they usually also have poor muscle strength and joint instability because the flexibility is not from training but from innate anatomy and morphology. I'm not even really starting to relax into the stretch until about a minute has passed.
agreed!
Trying to help my daughter w this & once she felt the pain it was too much & she hates this stretch. Gonna try the stack w her.
What helps w me is at the end of the relax part is squeezing my quad in front, hamstring in back, as if to pull my legs open. Then I relax & settle into it.
Soon as I did that I started touching the ground.
Keep up the good work!
- YOGABODY Team
This is extremely good
Great videos! Can you do one of these follow alongs for Middle Splits?
Hello Sati - you can use for box splits, yes, though I'm not convinced this range (side splits) is accessible to everyone. I've seen it so so rarely in students.
Thank you! I’m going to try this🙏🏾
Hope it helps, Fatima!
I'm three weeks in now, still hanging in there. I've been practicing martial arts since the 80ies, I'm starting to think I can succeed with full splits this time.
U make it?
@@BlondePoisonnHad to stop, but now back in the game. If at first you don't succeed....
I shall comment under my comment as many times until i reach a split. Using your methods. (Its been more than a couple days already but today will be the first in terms of accountability. So here goes nothing
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Thank you Lucas for this video, I have been working with this for the past 3 days and already seeing results in my splits, really paying attention to your breathing and 7 - 10 intensity, I have been working with 2bolsters, one relatively flat and one rounded, with two cushions. and relaxing deeper close to removing the cushions. Thank you :) Also thank you for the Ankle release video as well, been using both. :)
Keep going!
thank you @@YOGABODY.Official Also interesting referring to your videos, as the Yoga journey always brings in new ways!
I usually only watch these types of videos but as of two days ago January 4th I started and we’ll see hopefully in 6 months I can come back and say I got my splits 😅
How's it going?
You’re amazing! I’ll have to try this when I get home.
Thank you for the high quality content! Succulent explanations, useful graphic, great follow along! This is a gem of a video!
*succulent* explanations????
... Oh, you mean succint, I think.
@@Zzyzzyx definitely succinct (darn autocorrect) but now I’m thinking succulent sounds like it could be an awesome adjective here!
@@claudia700 Y'know, a couple of the explanations *were* a bit juicy 😄
Grateful for this video. Thank you!
Great tips! Thank you!
Great video, you really explain well about the "Physiology of sports" education.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts.
- YOGABODY Team
Thank you for the video, i m following every night and i hope it is helpful 😊
I m practicing yoga for a long time. I know my quad n hip flexor are tight, and my backbend are bad too. My hipstring is ok flexible. When i first follow your video, my hipstring stress as it stretch a lot, i bet its compensate for my hip flexor and quad. And my glute area have weird sensation for the next day.
So i am starting at higher cushion level. Hope it will work, its my fourth day, i never practice front split regularly. But i tried to be as low as 2 inches above the ground 10 years ago
Hey @cutedingo, thanks for your interest. We always advise that you should try and stay consistent with your stretching, just don't push into any pain. Keep up the good work!
- YOGABODY Team
This is amazing! Thank you very much!
Literally my goal for now. I will try to follow ur instructions. 🥳🥳🥳😍😍😍
And hope it'll work well. Let us know once you've achieved your goal! - YB Team
Great explanation! Will try this. Almost tore my hammie from overstretching.
Glad it helped and listen to your body, be careful!
- YOGABODY Team
Is it normal to be sore after this or am I pushing it to hard?@@YOGABODY.Official
Omg for the first time ever I think I’ll be able to do a split. Thank you for this! Can’t wait to start tonight!
wow what a great method. This is exactly the practice i need
We're happy it resonates with you.
- YOGABODY Team
Middle split video too please
Thanks for the suggestion,. Will take note of it for future videos.
-YOGABODY Team
Highly informative .Thanks for sharing Lucas .
Thank you for a great lesson! Would it benefit to prepare yourself before the lesson: 1. warm up the muscles (like, some running, etc.), 2. do a sciatic nerve glide exercise?
Hi Timophey. Warming up with light running and doing sciatic nerve glides before PNF stretching or splits work is beneficial, improving safety and flexibility.
- YOGABODY Team
I’ll try this to myself this is what I wish to do Split , I been doing yoga class for 4 years but I can’t do it .
Hello Evelyn - keep going!
Amaziiiiiiiing!!! Thank you ❤
thank you!! i love your videos and your way to explain
Did 3x and got my split! Thank you! I cant wait to show my bf, after I get one, lol! Edit i was a kid gymnist but lost it after many years passed
Great to hear you still got it!
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Terrific video. Exactly what I'm looking for (60 y/o male, physically active, crazy tight hips and lower body). Quick question - how often should the "lift and engage" take place? Once per minute? more? thx
Loved it! thank you!
You're most welcome @jelizavetase5272!
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Like it very much, usually people offer so many different stretches to get into splits. This is one and to the point.
Could you do something like this for getting into the wheel pose. To me splits have always been pleasurable and somewhat easy to do, but I struggle so much with backbends and twists where shoulders and middle spine are involved...
I've been doing your stretching program for 2 months now and am getting progress but still a long way to go for wheel as I'm also lacking strength to lift the upper body from the floor...
Thanks for the suggestions Tajana!
Very good suggestion
Should I warm up before using this technique at the end of my day? Or that's why you start with all those cushions? Thanks
He says at the beginning to do this after doing some exercise, when your muscles are already warm
Don't push past 7/10 intensity is such a golden nugget. No wonder, my splits absolutely sucks
Will aply today afther my work out..👍Im 3 months alredy on the treail lets see now👍
Finallyyyyyy da video I’ve been looking for !!!!!
Thank you for this video! I don‘t know why but I had to laugh during the whole stretch. Maybe because of the Golgi. My body was like what are you doing?😅 But it was amazing for practising the split, thank you!🤍
Hi, great video! Your energy and presence is very soothing and warm to me and probably to many others. Thanks for sharing your passion. I have a question. Could this be used in other poses? A forward fold for example. I can’t seem to get myself any further in my fold. I want my forehead to to touch my shins! Lol. Could I try the PNF to improve in other poses? Thanks! ❤
Can do yes!
I love how simple and yet knowledgeable every one of your videos are. Thank you for sharing! Do you hold your breath for the 5 seconds of leg contraction or are you breathing in for 5?
Hello Mellie - five count engage is just a count, after that drop into deep breathing.
Having done yoga for many years I would guess breathing in for 5 seconds. Your muscles generally don’t cooperate when you hold your breath even for a second or two. If you have trouble with the breath instead of holding it. Do shorter in & out to work up to it. Hope this helps
Great video
The pillows and breathing really helps
Glad the video helped, Roxie!
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This was so helpful. I managed to get full front splits with this technique. Just wondering if regular practice would help me drop into full splits easily? Or would I always need to work my way into it like this
Please could you also make a helpful video for frog pose?
Great to hear! Regular practice will definitely help with improving your range of motion, flexibility relies on consistent practice so keep going. Will take your feedback into consideration too, thanks.
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@@YOGABODY.Official thanks so much. Will keep at it❤️
Wow! This was an excelent strech treining, and a good way of getting educated in PNF+ human anatomy. Than you. Do you have any more videos of PNF movements?
I don't use PNF for anything except the splits, actually. I find it really clumsy and somewhat dangerous in most poses.
@@YOGABODY.Official hmmm… Interesting. I might get back to this as I make up my mind about PNF (studying to become a pfysiotherapeut).
This is awesome explanations. :)
We're happy you like our video, Mobijub!
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This video is so helpful. Would you mind to do a video for middle split or is it the same technique? Thank you so much
Hi @chloek.5076, appreciate your suggestion and will take note of it
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Brilliant idea
Bro you a beast teacher goddang 🔥🔥
Thanks for the support!
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This is great work!
I like the engagement of muscles before relaxed stretching.
I teach yoga and Pilates.
I am back to full splits-both sides after bilateral hip replacements.
My orthopedic surgeon has fits when I tell him this!
I am careful but so stretched! Feels great!
Any tips for hip replacement students?
When working with a hip replacement, focus on gentle stretches, avoid extreme positions, and encourage gradual progress with proper support.
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It all makes sense like everyone has said I been receiving the total opposite of this training and they never share expressing the importance of the correct breathing techniques
Can you make a video to make the facial split ? Thank you so much for the technique !! I am gonna try. I am 41 and I always dreamed to acheved the split
Could apply this to middle splits as well.
Sure I did it and it worked
Hi! Your videos are excellent, do you have a video on the middle Splits?
Can you demonstrate this technique for the middle splits?