Welcome to /r/flexibility! Here are some resources that will answer many of the common questions we get.
Starting To Stretch is a basic stretching routine for overall flexibility. Beginners should start there.
Make sure to check out our official F.A.Q.
Experiencing pain in your neck/shoulder/back/hips/groin legs/knees/ankles when you run/walk/sit/squat/stretch? Go see a doctor! Stretching may not be the solution to your pain!
This toe-touching routine was used for the 30-day challenge with great success.
u/Antranik also offers Easy Hamstrings, a paid program for easy hamstring flexibility!
Can't touch your toes? Try this toe touch progression (why this works).
Have you made any milestones in your flexibility recently? Feel free to share stories/pics/videos, anything!
How about any other fitness accomplishments you've made and want the world to know about because your friends and family just don't get it?
Well, this is the thread where you get to share all that and inspire others at the same time!
Also, if you got a question, just a reminder that tomorrow is Moronic Monday. ;)
I've recently started stretching every night with my goal being to accomplish a full split and increase my high kick range for martial arts and have quickly noticed an asymmetry in flexibily between my left leg and hip compared to my right leg and was wondering any solutions you wonderful redditors could offer to help minimize or hopefully diminish the difference in ROM between the two. Thank you in advance 😁
I understand that front splits with squared hips are much harder and much more of a stretch for your hip flexors, and that open splits are preferred by dancers and squared splits are preferred by gymnasts, but is there any real advantage to squared splits over open splits? Like, do you need squared splits to do harder moves (like a standing split)? Or are open splits bad for your hips?
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