Tag: flexibility
-
Yoga Anatomy: Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (King Pigeon Pose)
A Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering the King Pigeon Pose King Pigeon pose or Eka Pada Rajakapotasana is an intense and challenging yoga pose, often seen as highly intimidating by beginners. But with the help of preparatory exercises and proper guidance from experienced professionals, it can be mastered easily. This pose engages almost all the muscles […]
-
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.
-
“I try the stretch. BUT… I feel it in the WRONG Place”, Please help!
I try the stretch Have you ever had this happen to you? You try a stretch, and you don’t even feel it, where you should feel it. You feel it somewhere else! What’s up with that? It can be a bit discouraging to want to target a specific muscle and not only feel it there, […]
-
Today your tightest stretch will become easy…
Have you ever been so tight in a stretch, you could not even start the stretch? You are not alone, many people have this challenge. Here is how to solve it
-
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.
-
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,
-
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
-
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.
-
Gracilis for Arabesque and Splits
Certified Instructor Judy shows a kinesiological stretching technique from the Easyflexibility system to achieve better turnout, effortless arabesques, flatter splits, and lighter developpes!
-
How Much to Overstretch and Why?
The best performers always stretch further than the skill requires. But you probably know that already.