Splits???

[Mister Hansome]

I want to learn to do the splits!!!
Any suggestions on a safe and painless
way to do this!

Any reply would do. :rolleyes:

Real Wisdom comes through experience!

[honorisc]

Put your arms on two tables spread your feet wider...

Very some such, perhaps might have been, likely say some, some not.

[Repulsive Monkey]

how can your life possibly improve by learning to do the splits? The spilts if done to excess can actually start to deteriorate your pelvic region. But if you really want to know how to do it ignore a lot of the strenuous measures to force the legs open as this in the long run will guarantee pelvis/Illac problems, the real secret is relaxation.

[DrunkenMonkey]

Exercise, stretch, and relax. You can do it the modern way of slowly progressing to it, or you can do it the asian way and get some guy to stand on your thighs while you are attempting the splits.

heheheheh

An Art is any form of expression or task that has been honed to near perfection.

[Ford Prefect]

RepulsiveMonkey,

If you stretch the muscle rather than the connective tissue, then no damage will occur and you can remain flexable and strong in an extreme ROM through old age. I do agree that you should only as flexible as you "need" to be though. More is just risking injury.

[Mister Hansome]

what kind of stretches can i do to gradually
achieve the splits without causing extreme pain
and ultimately problems.

Real Wisdom comes through experience!

[bratok304]

OMG, how to stretch and make a split WITHOUT pain? HAHAHHAHAHAH , what kind of ppl are you? Practice Martial Arts and don't want it to be hard.... HHAHahahahhaha so funny... i mean, do tae bo or something and feel relaxed all you want. :rolleyes: :eek: :rolleyes: :eek:

[honorisc]

People who like to get hurt and pain, do. And those who feel they have to be punished threatened or forced to do things that are good for thimselves, that's legal~. Yet hurt/Pain are not necessarily required in all things.~

Very some such, perhaps might have been, likely say some, some not.

[marycatherine]

Hey NF,
The key to doing splits is having very warm hamstrings. If you are going for the kind of split w/one leg forward then what you can do is start in a kneeling position with your right or left leg forward. If you right leg is fwd, then lean fwd over it for about ten seconds...then straighten the front leg and try to put your nose to your kneecap and hold it for ten seconds...with each stretch slide the rear leg back with your tarsals and kneecap facing the floor...after five to seven reps of this stretch just slide your rear leg behind you as far as you can. It is very important to keep your rear leg as straight as possible. That is what develops the flexibility over time...if you don't keep that leg straight you'll end up doing a James Brown kind of split. Another pointer is to keep your hips square and your weight over your center. You'll also need to support your weight by placing a hand on each side of where your hips would be. To help develop the flexibility more while in the split lean your nose to your kneecap and hold for a few seconds, and arch your back and look up at the ceiling for a few seconds. When I did gymnastics we worked very hard on getting those splits and keeping those hamstrings warm. good luck!!!
MaryCatherine Gallagher

[Mister Hansome]

thanks for the advice, is there anymore?

Real Wisdom comes through experience!

[IronFist]

I was doing this before Pavel recommended it :)

1. Find a table or something or something that can keep your legs spread at whatever angle you want. To widen the angle, just pull the table legs closer to you, and they will touch higher on your legs.

1.5 If you can decipher that last paragraph, you're more than half way there.

2. Sit on the floor and stretch to a leg width that is comfortable. Put the table in place to hold your legs there. It shouldn't hurt. Do this watching tv or something. Every few minutes or so, pull your legs further apart (maybe an inch or two) and replace the table.

3. Keep doing that until your legs don't get any ****her apart.

It works because it causes your muscles to relax at the new width, as your nervous system becomes comfortable with it. Eventually you'll get pretty far.

Man my writing skills deteriorate when I should be studying.

iron

[Robinf]

Another thing that works is "splat"--you get into a split as low as you can, then go down on your elbows. You then want to work up to putting the side of your head down and your arms out to the sides. This one, however, hurts.

Robin

Surrender yourself to nature and be all that you are.

[GeneChing]

Stretching their legs! Chinese women compete to flaunt their long pins by closing a car boot with a SPLIT (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-4955004/New-craze-sees-women-closing-car-boot-split.html)
Bizarre trend began after a young mother had to close the boot with her leg
Other women have followed suit in a bid to show off their pins and flexibility
A video shows women using different techniques to compete the task
By TRACY YOU FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 06:16 EDT, 6 October 2017 | UPDATED: 07:29 EDT, 6 October 2017

What's the most creative way to close a car boot? With your legs, apparently.

Women in China are competing to show how they could close the trunk of their car by doing a split in a bizarre new trend, according to local media.

The challenge allegedly began after one young mother was seen having to close her car boot with her leg while holding her child and her handbag in a viral video.

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The bizarre trend began in China after a mother (pictured) was seen having to close her car boot with her leg while holding her child and her handbag. Many woman have followed suit

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To complete the task, this woman resorted to a back arch position as she tried to reach the lid of the trunk (left). She was said to remain in the position (right) for five more minutes

Since then, other women have followed suit in order to showcase their figure and their flexibility.

In a video report posted today by Huanqiu.com, an affiliation to People's Daily, multiple fashionable women used different techniques to complete the task.

One woman, wearing a white top and hot pants, resorted to a back arch position as she supported herself with her hands and stretched her legs to reach the car.

Another women, with her shopping in hands, swiftly swung her right leg up the boot before bending her knee to close it in one go.

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One woman took the challenge with her shopping in hands. She quickly swung her leg up to reach the vehicle before bending her knee downwards to close the trunk of the car

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Apparently, women in China are compete to take the challenge so they could showcase their long legs and their flexibility. Pictured, another fashionable woman closed the boot with a split

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A young woman caught up with the trend after a trip to a flower market. Multiple women used different techniques to complete the task in a new video shared by Chinese media
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[GeneChing]

Long legs are considered as a highly desirable feature by women in China.

In 2015, a 20-year-old model, named Dong Lie, became an internet star across China for her unbelievably long legs.

Dong Lei's incredible pins measure 45 inches long - the equivalent to the height of an average seven-year-old girl in China.

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Miss Long Legs: Dong Lei gained fame for her impressive pins, which are 45 inches long

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She entered television programme 'Supermodel', impressing judges with her amazing figure

The stunning 5ft 11in model from Anhui province, east China, entered popular television programme 'Supermodel', impressing judges with her amazing figure.

One fan even wrote in advising her to insure her legs after seeing photographs of the model online.

Ms Dong said that she gets her height from her 6ft 1in father and 5ft 7in mother.

The woman with the longest legs in the world is Ekaterina Lisina from Penza, Russia.

Crowned by the Guinness World Records 2018, the 29-year-old stands at 6ft 8.77in and has pins measuring a staggering 52in long.

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Ekaterina Lisina, from Russian, stands at a jaw-dropping 205.16 cm (6 ft 8.77 in) tall after being measured in Labinsk, Russia, on 20 July 2017 with her pins measured a month earlier

I approve of this splits (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?6378-Splits) selfie trend, even though it's yet another thing that befuddles me about China (pretty soon, I'm gonna split off Chinese selfie trends from the I will never understand China (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?62318-I-will-never-understand-China) .

[GeneChing]

I've had Shaolin monks force me into splits (or at least as close as my rigid hips would let them). Hurts like hell. You're so vulnerable. But if they know how to do it right, you can really make a lot of progress.


Cheerleading coach fired for forcing girls into painful splits insists he did ‘nothing wrong’ (http://metro.co.uk/2017/11/18/cheerleading-coach-fired-for-forcing-girls-into-painful-splits-insists-he-did-nothing-wrong-7088985/)
Tom Herbert for Metro.co.uk
Saturday 18 Nov 2017 10:00 am

A cheerleading coach who was fired for forcing girls into painful splits has insisted he did ‘nothing wrong’. Ozell Williams lost his job in August after video emerged of him making teenagers perform ‘split stretches’ – despite them screaming for him to stop. Now the ex-Denver East High School coach has defended his actions and said the move ‘helped’ the girls. He told CBS Denver: ‘I told them it was going to be painful because this is a split stretch this is no joke. Splits, they hurt. ‘They wanted to do it. I know it helps them and they know it helps them, that’s why we’re doing it.’

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Ozell Williams said he ‘didn’t do anything wrong’ (Picture: CBS News)

He added: ‘What am I hiding from? What am I hiding for? I didn’t do anything wrong.’ Williams has been silent since the video surfaced, and has only recently come forward to defend himself. He was accused of of tearing 13-year-old Ally Wakefield’s ligaments and one of her leg muscles during the exercise, which is known as ‘breaking’. But he told CBS that doing a split is essential to cheerlearing and said it was an optional exercise. Williams added: ‘Do you know what it feels like not to be able to say anything, or to have my kids call me and say what can i do to help you?

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Williams was fired after the video emerged (Picture: CBS News)

‘I’ve been shut out. I haven’t been able to get jobs. People that looked up to me look down on me now.’ He said he’s been called a child abuser, has been sent a noose on social media and has been told: ‘You are a terrible person – I hope you die’. Man accused of ejaculating into co-worker's water bottle after she noticed it was cloudy And he says he’s been labelled as’someone who would put a kid’s life in jeopardy – which is not me at all’. But when asked if he thought he did anything wrong he said: ‘No – I didn’t hurt any of those girls.’ And he said he’s not forcing the girls into position – merely holding and stabilising them. The school principal retired and an athletic director also resigned after the video emerged. Last month district attorney Beth McCann announced Williams will not face criminal charges.

[GeneChing]

This is so horrible. I've been stretched this way at Shaolin. It sucks. But the monks always knew how far to push. This dance coach is an *******.


6-year-old girl left paralyzed in legs after dance class stretching gone wrong (https://shanghai.ist/2019/10/25/6-year-old-girl-left-paralyzed-in-legs-after-dance-class-stretching-gone-wrong/?fbclid=IwAR29Bg-ExodWS92rPuD2E87o-syMXSVuKbVMLNrC7wz4j_1hs3GTSBrxk8A)
Heartbreaking video shows the little girl unable to get up soon after her teacher forces her leg above her head
by Alex Linder October 25, 2019 in News

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Asix-year-old girl has tragically been left paralyzed after apparently being stretched too far at dance class.

Heartbreaking surveillance footage from the dance studio in Henan’s Pingdingshan city shows the little girl, named Tongtong, lying on the floor as an instructor pushes her leg above her head.

When Tongtong gets up, she walks with a noticeable limp. After sitting down, she finds that she’s unable to move her legs or stand back up again. When teachers help her up, her legs are unable to hold her own weight.

At the hospital, Tongtong was diagnosed with a spinal cord injury. Her mother, surnamed Li, told reporters that doctors had given her daughter only a one-third chance of recovery.

Li said that her daughter loved to dance and had been practicing for two years. She said that the dance school was initially helpful but had stopped visiting and responding to her calls when Tongtong’s condition failed to improve.

The academy told reporters that while it paid for the girl’s hospital fees initially out of “goodwill” it would not continue doing so, arguing that for something like this to happen the girl must have had some “underlying problems” that they are not responsible for.