Tag: Splits
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How Long Does It Take To Do a Split
Anatomical animated picture lying on the floor demostrating External and internal Hip Rotation
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Long Plateau and Injuries during Splits: [Case Study]
Long plateau and injuries during splits can be solved with ZST muscle isolation. Case Study. If you’re one of the people that is using regular stretching techniques and you are not getting results or you are getting uninjured. This case study might give you an idea of what could be happening. One of the people…
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Shoulder Injuries? Scapula mobilization may be the reason why…
Overhead shoulder flexibility training and shoulder injuries when the scapula is not properly mobilized. This blog post is in response to questions about the previous blog post where I talked about shoulder flexibility and correlation to neck and head pain. I mentioned that there could be shoulder injuries when shoulder girdle and shoulder joint are stretched as…
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Neck Pain? Neck Stiffness? Headaches? This may be the reason why…
I have noticed a pattern between tight shoulders, tight shoulder girdle muscles with neck pain or neck stiffness and headaches. The goal of this article is to get you to pay attention to your body and check this correlation for yourself to see if indeed you notice this link in your body. There are people…
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The Handstand Secrets
You are not going to get a good handstand unless you have the following prerequisites. This should not come as a surprise to you that. If you don’t have an appropriate range of motion in your wrist you’re going to have a very tough time learning the handstand. A while back, a yoga teacher that…
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What is the best one hamstrings stretch?
Paul, just give me one good stretch for the hamstrings! That I can use with my students. This is a question that I got from a martial arts instructor who has purchased multiple programs and has seen success with them for his own training. He also took the EasyFlexibility Online Training Certification Course (EFTC). And…
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Hamstring Stretch Goals – HOW FAR SHOULD YOU GO?
For the splits the goal is easy to understand: 180 degree split, with one leg is in straight line with the other. But what is the optimal or maximum goal for the hamstrings or the hamstring? It is known that there are variations in ratio between the torso and the legs. Just because one person…
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Can My Hamstrings Get Flexible Without Stretching?
I heard that you can get your hamstring flexible without stretching it. Is that true? Many people are interested in the hamstring flexibility and this question of “Can my hamstrings get flexible without stretching?” has been asked numerous times over the years. Just last week someone asked me this question. To which I had my…
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L-Inching Excellent Hamstring Flexibility Retention and Utilization Technique
Stretching alone is NOT enough! If you’re familiar with the EasyFlexibility system, you know that stretching alone is not enough. Even if you get flexible with Zaichik Stretching Techniques, you want to retain that flexibility for the next training session. Retaining flexibility is a huge component of any of the EasyFlexibility programs. Retaining hamstrings flexibility…