Tag: ballet
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Antagonist Short, Length Conditioning
ASLC is a concept under the umbrella of strength exercises in EasyFlexibility system. Extended Length Conditioning and Peripheral Conditioning are found in the same group. All three types of techniques work the joint in its deep range.
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How to over-stretch without over-stretching
Many of the students who ask about this, want to have free range of motion at 180 degrees (something a full straddle does not provide) but are concerned about their joints.
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You’re Only as Strong as Your Weakest Link
When we talk about flexibility, the first thing that comes to mind is a soft lengthened position such as a side split, we also think of it as a vulnerable posture,
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Mastered the Front Split? Then Side Split Should Come Automatically!
The reason is, when most people are able to do a true front split, the true front split that they perform is usually a deep flexibility of the front hamstrings and combined with hyper extension of the lower back and very little flexibility of the rear leg
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High Leg Extensions Solution: Strength vs Flexibility Debate: And the winner is…
I’ve been asked this question many times. The short answer is this: personally, if I want my leg to go up vertically and I have a chance to pick between strength and flexibility, I would choose flexibility every time.
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How Much to Overstretch and Why?
The best performers always stretch further than the skill requires. But you probably know that already.
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What Can Make Us Tight Can Also Make Us Flexible
The principle that makes us very tight can also make us very flexible. All we must do is reverse it.
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Flexibility before skill or skill before flexibility?
Should one master full flexibility prior to practicing a skill. The downside of working on flexibility first is that fun is far away. For example let’s take a Side Tilt in ballet or Side Kick in Martial Arts. It may take you a while to develop full range of motion for those techniques.