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Anonymous
I'm a pretty flexible person when it comes to my legs and such (taekwondo, lots of kicks.).

I used to be able to do splits easily before I had to take a break for a couple of years because of a knee injury.

During my resting years I was unable to really do much stretching with my legs and now I hate it.

I am still pretty flexible with my legs.. I can still do most of my high kicks and stuff but now when I try to stretch and do splits my hips just don't feel right... They feel like they COULD go lower but they just won't.

does /fit/ have any good hip exercises or stretches I could do so I can get my uber flexibility back? I'm 18 now so I don't think I'm too young to develop my flexibility again.

please halp
>> Anonymous
try yelling at your joints
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>283652
Other TKDfag here.

There's one stretch I've learned that gets me way further than any other, and that needs two other people to help you, if you can't do splits (I can't).

Go down to your split position as far as you can, get guy 1 to support your weight under your armpits. Guy 2 lifts one foot a few inches off the floor (your foot, not his). Guy 1 gently lowers you down as guy 2 lowers your foot, it should go out a bit further this time. Repeat until you've got to stop going out further.
>> Anonymous
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Do this, but without the creepy mustache guy. Just grab your left leg with your right arm (and vice versa) and pull until you feel it stretch your hip. I'm coming back from a YEAR LONG GROIN PULL and I feel your pain about losing flexibility. Another thing that will help is laying on one side then chambering for a kick until your knee touches the ground (works best with side and hook kick) then slooooooowly kick out with the best form you can as high as you can. Stretch and repeat.
>> Anonymous
>>283752
I just realized my pic doesn't do the best job of explaining that stretch.

Bend one knee, lets say your right one.

Grab the outside of that knee with your left hand.

Use your arm to pull your knee across your body and towards the ground. Try to keep your upper body pointing towards the ceiling the best you can.
>> Anonymous
>>283749Go down to your split position as far as you can, get guy 1 to support your weight under your armpits. Guy 2 lifts one foot a few inches off the floor (your foot, not his). Guy 1 gently lowers you down as guy 2 lowers your foot, it should go out a bit further this time. Repeat until you've got to stop going out further.

Sounds like that could be really hard on your knees to me.
>> Anonymous
OP here

thanks for the tips

I'm coming out of a hyperextended left knee and a shattered left knee cap (because thats how fast and hard the fall was) from a demonstration where I had to jump off of some hands and break a board that was about 10 feet or so off the ground. I broke the board, but landed on a small freaking spot of sweat on the floor. I got owned but now after a couple of years of knee therapy and strength training for my new knee cap I'm able to do stuff again.
>> Anonymous
There's one stretch that I've heard of that helps for doing splits but it's mostly for your inner thighs rather than your hips.

Lie down with your ass against a wall and spread your legs wide open, so they are parallel to the wall. You are supposed to have someone there to push your legs down a few centimeters every so often, but you can just let gravity do the work for you, or try to pull them down a bit yourself. I've felt that it hurts a little around the inner knee, but that's just because it's really stretching you out.
>> Anonymous
>>283759
Brilliant stretch, prevents nurve pinching / trapping in the lower back and ass too.

Found this lovely info after thats what I had.. from not doing this stretch.

Nice anon
>> Anonymous
yoga, especially bikrim yoga.