[kandyflip]

I can do the half-split easily one side (with my right leg forward) but can't seem to do it smoothly the other side.

What kind of stretching regime do I need to help my flexibility on my less flexible side? And is there anything else I can do?

[blue steel]

i'm gonna assume you're already conditioning your hamstrings, but if you haven't already, you should also do butterfly stretches as your groin muscles will help you push your weight back when you come up from the split regardless of which side you're normally used to doing the split.

oh and core conditioning is key. in addition to your leg and groin muscles combined with your body's momentum, strengthening your abs/obliques etc will help maintain support and form to get back upright.

[kandyflip]

thanks for such a comprehensive answer. last two months i've been working on my abs for the first time in my life! I will do those butterfly stretches regularly now, and hopefully will make progress rising up from the half-split on my weakers side.

eventually, i hope to do that thing where you jump and turn 360 degrees CCW and fall into a half-split with left leg forward and rise up...although it might be easier doing it the other way first seeing as I find it easier to go into half-split with right leg forward.

any tips on how to jump and turn 360 degrees?one of my friends says as i swing my leg i should look over the shoulder of the direction i'm turning to. is that right?

[2(s)hawt]

Originally Posted by blue steel i'm gonna assume you're already conditioning your hamstrings, but if you haven't already, you should also do butterfly stretches as your groin muscles will help you push your weight back when you come up from the split regardless of which side you're normally used to doing the split. oh and core conditioning is key. in addition to your leg and groin muscles combined with your body's momentum, strengthening your abs/obliques etc will help maintain support and form to get back upright.

u are awesome man thanks...after i started locking heaps recently..coz locking is part of one of the performances im doing..


K this is disgusting but better to be safe than sorry
my groin area makes a weird noise ..lyk its the joint between the upper thigh area..and err my pelvis is it? im not so sure but wen i lift my leg to do whichaway for example and bring it back down it makes a loud clicking noise..lyk a bone is moving?..

i stretched it after a few days..felt a bit better but i think i over stretched a bit and now my hamstring is sore...but i think it will recover and become stronger? im assuming coz i have been trying to do some of those type of moves kind of frequently

soo yeeh it dusnt seem lyk its a muscle thats bothering me...coz i can feel the difference now after my ham string got sore

[kandyflip]

does it hurt when it makes a clicking sound?

[wavedash]

You're probably grinding a tendon somehow. Let it heal and then get back to it; this happens to my shoulder infrequently at work (I work construction) and figure out why you're doing it.

[LeTz.BoUnCe.]

I was wondering how you go down into the split. When I do it, the ball of my front foot hurts as it hits the ground while I go down. I am probably doing it wrong but does anyone get the same problem?

[wavedash]

The ball? You mean the heel?

Your front heel and your back foot's inner side should be the parts of your feet making contact with the ground. There are lots of shoes with heel support (Adidas Superstars, a whole bunch of different Nike shoes, Marshmallows, etc etc) but choose what you like best.

[LeTz.BoUnCe.]

Alright thanks for the tip.