thanks for also showing us your weaknesses! it's reassuring to know that you can do a whole bunch of stuff with enough practice. setting realistic gradual goals and keeping track of progress is also perfectly showcased. and thanks for reminding us that people still need to practice a little to not lose what they gained!
This was helpful to see ... watching you taking a moment to self evaulate gives me a chance to see where I've improved and where I can continue to improve my mobility. Fun side note - turns out my cat enjoys watching you move, too. :)
Doing the splits with your back leg flexed and your shin propped up against a wall is a great progression for the front splits before getting into the over splits, as it forces you into more internal rotation of the back hip so you can square your hips more and stretch your hip flexor. Great video!❤
Sorry haha I can’t quite visualise what you mean? What part of the back leg is flexed? And the shin being against the wall…is that to say your knees bent? Getting more bent as the stretch gets higher intensity?
@@dangarbutt5210 Yes, lol, I mean the knee being flexed of the back leg! So basically just a split with the back knee bent. And yes, you can get a deeper/more intense stretch this way. I’ve been doing it myself to get a more square splits and it’s definitely helped. It also helps if you want to back bend while in a stretch as your torso will be less twisted, because your hips are more neutral. Hope that makes sense! I’m not the best at explaining positioning
I just saw the thumbnail pic and the question. Trust this old ballerina with a replaced pelvis and a hysterectomy: Your range of movement is mooooore than enough to be considered super flexi and enough to have a healthy future. The turn out of this straightened leg crosses the line😣. Take care, David🧛🏻♀️🖤.
my husband and i bought your flexy joints powder and we've been doing the mobility exercises in your free ebook. we're approaching week 4 and I've got to say, that its been so much fun to see the progress. plus flexy joints tastes SO good lol thanks for everything you do, David!
I like that your honest about your progress in the path towards flexibility, your videos have helped me immensely in my own journey into flexibility with invaluable pointers on how to improve, can't wait to see how far this journey goes, great video.
5:15 This used to be my default sitting position when I was a kid, it just seemed normal to me. At some point (I don't remember when exactly), someone told me that sitting like that was bad for my knees, so I had to learn how to sit like other people. Thinking back on it now, it does explain why internal rotations are easier for me (I'm pretty stiff when it comes to external rotations in comparison). Recently I've been working on regaining my strength in that area, I still have most of the flexibility but it's hard for me to hold that position for as long as I used to.
how many years have you been doing this? i remember you saying it somewhere but i can't remember what you said. ive been stretching almost daily for over a year but i still can't do any of my splits...
Had anyone else not been sick in a year? I use to get sick every time my kids came home with a cold. I take Davids Flexy Joint supplement powder. I don’t know if it’s because his supplements but was wondering if anyone else has been taking it and never got sick for a while?
I feel like, looking at your back bend, that it's the upper back specifically that's too stiff, and it means you're having to put too much strain in the low back to get into a good arch. I'd work on thoracic spine mobility as a first focus. That should take a lot of strain off the low back and allow a quite good arch.
Hello, would you be so kind please to answer if you can do Nordic curls? And do you think this exercise is even necessary in any way or just an ego thing?
I have a question, I had to stop all working out and sports due to a shoulder injury relating to my hyper mobility. I have not been able to strengthen my shoulder since, and when I try to it just pops out. Do you have any recommendations on what exercises I can start with to strengthen my shoulders?
5:18 its so crazy how everyone body starts off with different flexibility because my natural sitting position my entire life has been w sitting and deep squats but i cant do any splits no matter how much ive trained for it so far and bridges feel like my arms are going to pop off but i can turn my shoulders backwards without any discomfort
Hey. I’d like to start on getting more flexible. Which video of yours or routine can I do everyday which will make my whole body more flexible. Love your content! Keep it up!
Hey! If you check out his free ebooks, they've got 4 week long routines for training 4 different major body parts (shoulders, spine/posture, hips, hamstrings). It's a great place to start. I've been doing all 4 for some time and it's helped a lot. I do shoulder and hip on monday, wednesday, friday, and then spine/posture and hamstrings on tuesday, thursday, saturday.
When I extend my left leg my upper calf/lower hamstring pops. Its from over-stretching into a lot of pain. How do you suggest i get flexible enough to rid myself of this popping
How do you decide what to focus on? I started doing some basic splits stretching, then started noticing a lot of muscle groups that are tight and end up working on too many things to massive exhaustion unable to focus on a few things?
Kind sir David, it's really interesting watching you move and knowing that one day I might be a portion as agile and flexy as what I see in the video. Wife and I are using your exercises, we're already seeing progress, though. However, my only complaint is that you should've named it "Get flexy", not "Stay flexy". Because for us mortals, it's definitely more of a case of getting than staying. Thank you and keep at it.
David, please share some wisdom of yours on how to do a needle or Scorpion pose faster, series of movements and tips to get there faster. PS: my dream is to see you in a Collab with Anna McNulty. To rubber persons together must be so cool to watch
Watching this video while playing ni no kuni. Got a chance to catch a familiar turbandit. The game autosugests the nickname Bendit. Obviously changed it to Stayflexy, but what are the odds 😅
David, get a yoga ball to work on flexibility in your back! It will train your body what a safe position feels like and it won't nope out of a stretch before you hit your limit 👍
nicely done David! It's very inspiring to see you're progres but also wee how not working on something can bring it backwards. I can recommend for your back bend you can work with some of the ashtanga yoga intermediate series poses, I would say: salabhasana or locust pose dhanurasana or the arch pose ushtrasana or the camel pose laghu vajrasana or little thunder pose kapotasana A and B or full pigeon pose can make a solid foundation to your backbend. Also as you practice the backbend try and make spaces between your vertebrae I know it sounds like a counteraction, but in that way you're elongating the spine. and well room for improvement there is indeed, you already put your foot behind your head...try both at the same time, in yoga it's called dwipada sirsana. and maybe if you're up to a challege...you could try the 3rd series of the Ashtanga yoga. any ways...stay flexy!
Because ever body is a lot different it seems so strange. For me deep squat, the hips and shoulder easy without training. Side split and front split really difficult. Hamstring with a lot of training seems to improve. Can you show me the most effective training for front split and side split for a beginner? Or anybody else.
As a dancer, I am extremely jealous of your external hip rotation lol. I can do splits and back stretches all day, but when it comes to turnout, she’s barely there 😅
back bend sure mine looks almost like that doing it today for the first time in years (hurt like a muther tho tbf) but the shoulder thing was craaaazy looked edited vs mine having poor mobility for a reason. also workin with a recently nagging hip injury from slipping into the splits half my lifetime ago, banging the floor when I couldn't get closer than a few inches otherwise, hip popped couldn't move my leg then fainted and had a seizure over it. Flexibility is weird, I can put my right leg behind my head followed by my left but not the other way around, but I can't do a squat without elevated heels, and heel mobility being my primary/only focus for years has had no improvement :( long torso short calf gang? Touching the floor always felt like cheating and back defo too rounded vs hip hinge
5:10 Thats so interesting because I grew up sitting W style instead of criss cross (which is known to cause some issues) and I can internally rotating my leg all the way till my foot it past my face, but forget about butterfly sitting cause that is so stiff for me.
Agree for the shoulders for example. I am hypermobile in my shoulders and was climbing, mis graped and fell down and my arm fell all the way back. It was hurting a lot. Long story short, after a lot of research it seemed my labrum was torn and my bone dented by my other bone. Surgery later and it's back to 90% after years. Because torn never 100% again. I, blame my flexibility for my arm going back and not stopping but going back until my shoulder labrum tearing. Flexibility is good but be careful.
Idk i think as long as you train to stregthen the same muscles you are stretching you won’t have a problem, it’s only an issue if you’re flexy without strength and mobility
Don't know if anybody can help me with this because I don't trust google but earlier today I was stretching like I do and then did my splits. Since it felt great and comfortable I wanted to stretch a little more that I normally do and reached for my foot in the split and then POP. I heard it, it was so loud my friend heard it. It felt okay at first but now (a couple hours later) it hurts and I'm icing it. Does this seem like something I should go to the doctor for or just keep an eye on it and rest until its better. What do you think this is?
I had the same pop when training front splits a year ago. I've regained my flexibility only when I started strengthening my hamstrings with front split holds (aka long lunges). In my case nothing else helped so try focusing on strengthening that weak part of yours.
@robertfox4114 Update: this morning my leg was hurting more and it hurts to sit stand and walk in my upper back thigh kind of near my butt so I'm probably going to go to the doctor. I'm thinking it's my hamstring, kind of like what you said.
Welcome to my world. I'm not a medical professional so my comments are more about what I've been doing rather than any advice for you. Ice packs have been my best friend for the past few weeks for multiple hours a day. I've been going to the chiro a couple of times a week and I'm also trying to do some very basic rehab 2-3 times a week just to keep moving. I've really just found the most important thing is to listen to my body and have lots of patience with it. Hope it improves quickly for you.
@@listey ive had much improvement after beginning my training but i havent seen any improvements on my spines flexion abilities so im trying to discover a way to bring back my mobility . i got rid of most of the pain i have and im at a point where im very comfortable living with my back problem but i do miss my mobility and being able to reacj down without having to squat .
thanks for also showing us your weaknesses! it's reassuring to know that you can do a whole bunch of stuff with enough practice. setting realistic gradual goals and keeping track of progress is also perfectly showcased. and thanks for reminding us that people still need to practice a little to not lose what they gained!
This was helpful to see ... watching you taking a moment to self evaulate gives me a chance to see where I've improved and where I can continue to improve my mobility. Fun side note - turns out my cat enjoys watching you move, too. :)
As someone living with scoliosis, the back stretches are painfully relatable
Doing the splits with your back leg flexed and your shin propped up against a wall is a great progression for the front splits before getting into the over splits, as it forces you into more internal rotation of the back hip so you can square your hips more and stretch your hip flexor.
Great video!❤
Sorry haha I can’t quite visualise what you mean? What part of the back leg is flexed? And the shin being against the wall…is that to say your knees bent? Getting more bent as the stretch gets higher intensity?
@@dangarbutt5210 Yes, lol, I mean the knee being flexed of the back leg! So basically just a split with the back knee bent. And yes, you can get a deeper/more intense stretch this way. I’ve been doing it myself to get a more square splits and it’s definitely helped. It also helps if you want to back bend while in a stretch as your torso will be less twisted, because your hips are more neutral. Hope that makes sense! I’m not the best at explaining positioning
@@christinepoppy3277 thanks I get it now!
Só like a couch stretch with the front leg in a split position?
@@hUgO6191 Yes, didn’t know the name!😅
I am overwhelmed how many rotations and combinations you could train and I don't know what would be a good all around training.
I just saw the thumbnail pic and the question. Trust this old ballerina with a replaced pelvis and a hysterectomy: Your range of movement is mooooore than enough to be considered super flexi and enough to have a healthy future. The turn out of this straightened leg crosses the line😣. Take care, David🧛🏻♀️🖤.
my husband and i bought your flexy joints powder and we've been doing the mobility exercises in your free ebook. we're approaching week 4 and I've got to say, that its been so much fun to see the progress. plus flexy joints tastes SO good lol thanks for everything you do, David!
What jeans do u wear???
I like that your honest about your progress in the path towards flexibility, your videos have helped me immensely in my own journey into flexibility with invaluable pointers on how to improve, can't wait to see how far this journey goes, great video.
watching u do this makes me so inspired
5:15 This used to be my default sitting position when I was a kid, it just seemed normal to me. At some point (I don't remember when exactly), someone told me that sitting like that was bad for my knees, so I had to learn how to sit like other people. Thinking back on it now, it does explain why internal rotations are easier for me (I'm pretty stiff when it comes to external rotations in comparison). Recently I've been working on regaining my strength in that area, I still have most of the flexibility but it's hard for me to hold that position for as long as I used to.
Bro you can't talk about neck flexibility
I'd rather he work on inner ear flexibility. I need to work those 3 little bones more
how many years have you been doing this? i remember you saying it somewhere but i can't remember what you said. ive been stretching almost daily for over a year but i still can't do any of my splits...
Love your vids bro, your videos help me get more flexible which helps me in the sports I do
4:26
I just tried to sit like that and both my ankles just popped
I feel like i unlocked a new level
Had anyone else not been sick in a year? I use to get sick every time my kids came home with a cold. I take Davids Flexy Joint supplement powder. I don’t know if it’s because his supplements but was wondering if anyone else has been taking it and never got sick for a while?
Wow so impressive!
I feel like, looking at your back bend, that it's the upper back specifically that's too stiff, and it means you're having to put too much strain in the low back to get into a good arch. I'd work on thoracic spine mobility as a first focus. That should take a lot of strain off the low back and allow a quite good arch.
Hip flexor means... WhOOOP
Thats the best way to explain it👏👏
Hello, would you be so kind please to answer if you can do Nordic curls?
And do you think this exercise is even necessary in any way or just an ego thing?
You could combine shoulders, hips and spine to do a mermaid pose.
I have a question, I had to stop all working out and sports due to a shoulder injury relating to my hyper mobility. I have not been able to strengthen my shoulder since, and when I try to it just pops out. Do you have any recommendations on what exercises I can start with to strengthen my shoulders?
5:18 its so crazy how everyone body starts off with different flexibility because my natural sitting position my entire life has been w sitting and deep squats but i cant do any splits no matter how much ive trained for it so far and bridges feel like my arms are going to pop off but i can turn my shoulders backwards without any discomfort
Pancake flexibility 😂
Oh God the crunchiness of your shoulder rotations 😬
Hip flexors are the bane of my existence
Hey. I’d like to start on getting more flexible. Which video of yours or routine can I do everyday which will make my whole body more flexible. Love your content! Keep it up!
Hey! If you check out his free ebooks, they've got 4 week long routines for training 4 different major body parts (shoulders, spine/posture, hips, hamstrings). It's a great place to start. I've been doing all 4 for some time and it's helped a lot. I do shoulder and hip on monday, wednesday, friday, and then spine/posture and hamstrings on tuesday, thursday, saturday.
W video (I haven't watched it)
When I extend my left leg my upper calf/lower hamstring pops. Its from over-stretching into a lot of pain. How do you suggest i get flexible enough to rid myself of this popping
How do you decide what to focus on? I started doing some basic splits stretching, then started noticing a lot of muscle groups that are tight and end up working on too many things to massive exhaustion unable to focus on a few things?
Kind sir David, it's really interesting watching you move and knowing that one day I might be a portion as agile and flexy as what I see in the video.
Wife and I are using your exercises, we're already seeing progress, though.
However, my only complaint is that you should've named it "Get flexy", not "Stay flexy".
Because for us mortals, it's definitely more of a case of getting than staying.
Thank you and keep at it.
David, please share some wisdom of yours on how to do a needle or Scorpion pose faster, series of movements and tips to get there faster. PS: my dream is to see you in a Collab with Anna McNulty. To rubber persons together must be so cool to watch
Watching this video while playing ni no kuni. Got a chance to catch a familiar turbandit. The game autosugests the nickname Bendit. Obviously changed it to Stayflexy, but what are the odds 😅
Your videos make me so happy :)
3:37 Getting into the back bridge, (something I wish I could do)!
Way you don't trying Indian yogas
How many of the six Ashtanga series can you do? I am really curious because some of them are so hard that only few people can do them
Can you do a video about your upper body flexibility?
can you solve the rubiks cubes in the background
Any chance you have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome?
Whatever you just did is 1% of yogasanas.
Should every person know how to do this or is it not necessary to be sooo flexible? Just want to know what I could be doing
Nice
Bro legit started the vid and flexed on us 😂
the fact that this guy is in jeans is incredible
where people usually are too tight if they have lower back pain?
Hamstrings, typically.
Hi David, can you please make a good morining tutorial? My lower back keeps rounding at the bottom but my hammies are pretty flexible. PLS SEND HELP
David, get a yoga ball to work on flexibility in your back! It will train your body what a safe position feels like and it won't nope out of a stretch before you hit your limit 👍
i bet you could throw a baseball hard as hell
Awesome stuff. How is your lotus or periformis flexibility?
He routinely throws his foot over his head.
nicely done David!
It's very inspiring to see you're progres but also wee how not working on something can bring it backwards.
I can recommend for your back bend you can work with some of the ashtanga yoga intermediate series poses, I would say:
salabhasana or locust pose
dhanurasana or the arch pose
ushtrasana or the camel pose
laghu vajrasana or little thunder pose
kapotasana A and B or full pigeon pose
can make a solid foundation to your backbend.
Also as you practice the backbend try and make spaces between your vertebrae I know it sounds like a counteraction, but in that way you're elongating the spine.
and well room for improvement there is indeed, you already put your foot behind your head...try both at the same time, in yoga it's called dwipada sirsana.
and maybe if you're up to a challege...you could try the 3rd series of the Ashtanga yoga.
any ways...stay flexy!
It's been almost 2 years since you posted the stretching mobility routine for the lower body. I would love a general routine for the upper body, too!!
Because ever body is a lot different it seems so strange. For me deep squat, the hips and shoulder easy without training. Side split and front split really difficult. Hamstring with a lot of training seems to improve. Can you show me the most effective training for front split and side split for a beginner? Or anybody else.
Thanks for your videos they helped me to rech my goals for my flexibility and also can you help me with my channel because I’m not doing it well
dancer here, flexible everywhere but the back, it's so stiff compared to the rest of my body. 😢 would love a follow along routine to help me out
Nice. Thanks!
is overstretching like oversplits and shoulder dislocation actually helpful? or is it just a dancer/gymnast thing that looks cool?
As a dancer, I am extremely jealous of your external hip rotation lol. I can do splits and back stretches all day, but when it comes to turnout, she’s barely there 😅
all this in jeans is crazy
Thanks for not being and seeming perfect ❤ We aren’t all perfect…perfect video ❤❤❤❤
make a climbing video
back bend sure mine looks almost like that doing it today for the first time in years (hurt like a muther tho tbf) but the shoulder thing was craaaazy looked edited vs mine having poor mobility for a reason. also workin with a recently nagging hip injury from slipping into the splits half my lifetime ago, banging the floor when I couldn't get closer than a few inches otherwise, hip popped couldn't move my leg then fainted and had a seizure over it. Flexibility is weird, I can put my right leg behind my head followed by my left but not the other way around, but I can't do a squat without elevated heels, and heel mobility being my primary/only focus for years has had no improvement :( long torso short calf gang? Touching the floor always felt like cheating and back defo too rounded vs hip hinge
thanks to this vid I'll work on hip internal rot bc I've never tried that and have external down, awesome! so cool that you do what you do!
5:10 Thats so interesting because I grew up sitting W style instead of criss cross (which is known to cause some issues) and I can internally rotating my leg all the way till my foot it past my face, but forget about butterfly sitting cause that is so stiff for me.
Thank you for the video, David! Awesome!
Splits in jeans 😭
You should not work out when sick, but are there reasons not to strech, when you have something like a cold?
Can I still get flexible even if I'm 210lbs?
Am I ever going to receive the product I ordered in November?? This is getting ridiculous…
Mr flexibility man can you teach us how to vault ?
Nice
You're one of the only few RUclipsrs where the comments section doesn't beg for likes.
Love this video as the others ❤
Stay flexy with a French woman 🤗
Do a test with a Shaolin monk, please.
Which program do you recommend us to start from?
You look like Joshua Weissman
1:50 you can try it on your forearms
I just love your personality
I think there is a point where flexibility stops being benefial and starts being a health risk.
Agree for the shoulders for example. I am hypermobile in my shoulders and was climbing, mis graped and fell down and my arm fell all the way back. It was hurting a lot. Long story short, after a lot of research it seemed my labrum was torn and my bone dented by my other bone. Surgery later and it's back to 90% after years. Because torn never 100% again. I, blame my flexibility for my arm going back and not stopping but going back until my shoulder labrum tearing. Flexibility is good but be careful.
Idk i think as long as you train to stregthen the same muscles you are stretching you won’t have a problem, it’s only an issue if you’re flexy without strength and mobility
David do you sleep on a bed?
Noice
Great video
"Testing"
You're just flexing...
i mean if i had that flexibility i would be flexing too. for most adults it takes a lot of time and effort to get to this point
I've been stretching a lot everyday for 6 years im still not flexible...what can I do?
Bro at what age you've started flexibility training? I mean how many years ago?🤔
What. Are thoese genes I see. Only pros cand do the splits in genes
Show us ur strength by arm wrestling strong guys
Don't know if anybody can help me with this because I don't trust google but earlier today I was stretching like I do and then did my splits. Since it felt great and comfortable I wanted to stretch a little more that I normally do and reached for my foot in the split and then POP. I heard it, it was so loud my friend heard it. It felt okay at first but now (a couple hours later) it hurts and I'm icing it. Does this seem like something I should go to the doctor for or just keep an eye on it and rest until its better. What do you think this is?
I had the same pop when training front splits a year ago. I've regained my flexibility only when I started strengthening my hamstrings with front split holds (aka long lunges). In my case nothing else helped so try focusing on strengthening that weak part of yours.
P.S. Train pain free (basically ATG kneesovertoes guy ideology). Now I can hug my legs pain free and pretty close to splits.
@robertfox4114 Update: this morning my leg was hurting more and it hurts to sit stand and walk in my upper back thigh kind of near my butt so I'm probably going to go to the doctor. I'm thinking it's my hamstring, kind of like what you said.
david i have a herniated disc and i can barely bend forward what do i do .
not this
Welcome to my world. I'm not a medical professional so my comments are more about what I've been doing rather than any advice for you. Ice packs have been my best friend for the past few weeks for multiple hours a day. I've been going to the chiro a couple of times a week and I'm also trying to do some very basic rehab 2-3 times a week just to keep moving. I've really just found the most important thing is to listen to my body and have lots of patience with it. Hope it improves quickly for you.
@@listey ive had much improvement after beginning my training but i havent seen any improvements on my spines flexion abilities so im trying to discover a way to bring back my mobility . i got rid of most of the pain i have and im at a point where im very comfortable living with my back problem but i do miss my mobility and being able to reacj down without having to squat .
No offense but doesn't hurt in-between when u do that split
The first one
one minute club👏👏👏👏👏👏
why do you looks like cook guy Josshua
Early gang 🎉
It's so fucking crazy to say that i'm more flexible than him, I'm so proudd
It will be great to see u starting going for over splits I think u can easily do it after some time at least with 1 yoga block
gyatt