Today, a healthy lifestyle, proper nutrition and regular physical activity are actively popularized. Photos of athletic and incredibly flexible people showing off their splits with ease are ubiquitous. Looking at them, you involuntarily want to have the same slender, toned body, beautiful posture and freedom of movement.
It’s never too late to start developing your flexibility and Stretching—it’s quite possible for a beginner to do the splits even after 40 years. Of course, this will require regular training and a decent amount of patience, since there are no quick miracles in Stretching without injury.
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splits for beginners: goals and reality
Many people search the Internet for instant recipes like “how to do the cross splits in 7 days.” It is physically impossible to do this from scratch in a week without serious ligament tears. But with regular practice and a well-designed training program, you will definitely achieve amazing results.
splits are necessary in many disciplines: dance, rhythmic gymnastics, martial arts and yoga. You can develop flexibility even at home, the main rule is regular exercise. Each person needs their own individual time. Despite the general anatomical similarity, each of us has unique characteristics (the structure of the hip joints, the elasticity of the tendons) that affect the rate of progress.
How to do the splits at home?
To do the splits, you need to systematically stretch. You can train in groups by visiting fitness clubs, or you can train at home - online with a trainer or using ready-made video lessons.
Today, a huge number of free videos on the topic “splits from scratch” are available on the Internet. However, most of them are built using standard boilerplate programs that pay little attention to security. Beware of workouts from unqualified authors - this can lead to serious sprains and injuries that will set your progress back for months.
FlexDerekSchool methodology
Our school offers a fundamentally different approach to developing flexibility. The classes are based on a unique methodology developed by the most flexible person on the planet. All video lessons are taught by his certified student Vyacheslav Komakha.
Our special video course “How to do the splits” will help you get the first visible results as quickly and safely as possible. The course is divided into three parts: a detailed safety theory and two practical training (for longitudinal and transverse twine separately).