"scientifically" only in the sense of maximising ROM resp. effectivness - application only under healthy circumstances! hip flexibility biased in the vid because its cool. did you know, that the muscle doesnt get really longer,rather its painpsychologically what happens. and what about titin? how broad mentioned.
nethertheless interesting book!!!! stretch your mind
Hi Tom, in your book Stretching Scientifically, you have several stretching exercises in one paragraph for a particular body part. Could I do one of the stretches only, or should I do all of it. I want to master the splits and horse stance in three months.
Hi Tom. Is it safe for me to do the dynamic leg raises that are included in the early morning stretches even if I am not in good condition to perform the isometric exercises yet?
You say in your video that once I do 3 sets of 15 reps of bench back extensions with extra weight of 1/3 of my body weight I should be strong enough to start hip flexors exercises. I do not have that specific bench nor in the gym I go, but I do dead lift. Can you tell me the equivalent weight I should do in dead lift to be able to start with the hip flexors exercises on the mat?
An equivalent of your body weight would be OK. But it may be unnecessary. Ponder this:
"Introduce leg raises on the floor into your strength training as soon as your abdomen and lower back are strong enough not to bother you during or after the leg raises."
Które cwiczenie jest lepsze w rozciaganiu do zejscia do szpagatu poprzecznego ??To które ukazuje Pan na płycie jako glowne cwiczenie izometryczne czy to drugie o ktorym Pan mowi ze w tym cwiczeniu mamy wieksza kontorole w rozciaganiu przywodzicieli obu ud??
1.Jesli lewy przywodziciel jest wyraznie słabszy od prawego czy nalezy go wzmacniac poprzez czeste cwiczenia siłowe tj wypady w bok i w tył głownie na lewa strone??.
2. Czy w przywodzeniach uda stojac mozna stopniowo cały czas zwiekszac ciezar , czy jest jakas okreslona waga ciezaru ktora nie moze zostac przekroczona??
4.Czy lepsze efekty bedzie dawało dodanie po przywodzeniach uda stojac do Typowego planu robionego po poludniu takich cwiczen jak wypady i przysiady??
Q: "If the adductors (inner thigh muscles) of the left thigh are significantly weaker than adductors of the right thigh, should they be strengthened by frequent exercises, such as side lunges and rear lunges done in a waythat loads mainly the left thigh?"
A: First you have to find the cause of the relative weakness of your left thigh and then treat it. If your hips are twisted, or nerve activation is off, then exercising more might hurt your left thigh rather than strenghten it.
Panie Thomasie Kurz , mam do Pana kolejne pytanie: czy moj plan tygodniowy wyglądający następująco jest odpowiedni?? Poniedziałek:trening kickboxingu(technika) konczący sie izometrycznym rozciaganiem,Wtorek:cwiczenia siły i gibkości dla zaawansowanych z pana płyty,Środa :trening kickboxingu(sparingi),Czwartek:trening kickboxingu(technika),Piątek:trening kickboxingu(technika) konczacy sie izometrycznym rozciaganiem,Sobota: to samo co wtorek,Niedziela:wolne
Hello, I am a practitioner of TaeKwonDo. When I was 15-16 years old only one and a half inch separates me from the floor on the side split. At the age of 19 I had to reduce my training hours, and now (23 years old) I can´t develop the same, but I feel its not a problem of flexibility, my left leg and left hip hurts. I have tried everything to gain strenght and flexibility and to reduce that pain, but its imposible!
I have your DVD and i started taekwondo recently ...with you methods i've noticed a great change in my flexibility but it is to cold in my country right now, and i dont see many improvement also its hard to workout even warmed up.
I have a question, have my front splits to both sides , but the sidesplit is a bit far, when i use isometrics it hurts a bit on my knees what i should do to fix this ????
@NunoTrickz - You should see your doctor (or an applied kinesiologist) about this or a physical therapist. It's most likely because you lack of strength in the vastus medialis (a very important stabilizer of the knee). Trust me, I used to have the same kind of knee pain.
after 36 years I can still develop the full opening of the legs and how long it would train every day? "I do not have anything right now because I'm well out of shape but I am very willing to re-train
hi sir thomas okay? have a question, I'm 36 years old and had to stretch 10 years ago if I use your method I come back to take the stretch thanks and excuse me I usor the translator of google because I am bad in English
oi sr thomas tudo bem?tenho uma pergunta,eu tenho 36 anos e tive alongamento a 10 anos atrás se eu usar o seu metodo eu volto a ter o alongamento obrigado e desculpe me eu usor o tradutor do google porque sou péssimo em inglês
I have also 1 question. I am 18 years old and i started my first kung fu lesson yesterday. My teacher (he is my friend) told me that i have long legs and that my kicks are good. And he told me to learn to stretch my legs. So how has long do you learned to stretch like this?!
i have a few questions. Thank you greatly in advance.
I just purchased and read "Stretching Scientifically" it contained a great amount of insight into the human body that i hadn't possessed. I also purchased Aaron mattes "active isolated stretching" and read it. Both go books go well beyond my understanding.
My question is this, can active isolated stretching be incorporated into a system with isometric stretching? if so, how?
Tom, I have your DVD and I have 2 questions. Is it necessary to warm-up before the early morning stretches? My other question is this: I started taekwondo but I quit because I felt a little but deep pain in groins. Some practitioners and even instructors told me it is normal and they live with that pain, but I think they are wrong. Is it normal to have this soreness everytime you elongate adductors or throw a kick? Should I quit early morning stretches until I heal this pain?
is this a jok€!!?? look at his l€gs... th€y ar€ totally wrong tust€d wh€n h€ do Scuart and split... hahahah looks lik€ h€ wants to br€ak his l€gs hahahah also wh€n th€ lady is siting in his kn€€ :S thats insan€... th€y ar€ not prof€ssionals... sorry...
If he never tried this before, maybe. He is one of the foremost experts on this stuff, so try and dispute him.
Those are not squats, those are split progressions. The range of motion increases and more important isometric strength increases which stops yyour knees from breaking.
The thing with the woman is a publicity stunt. But in fact he can pull it off because he is strong enough. Are you? ;)
I read about you in a Karate Illustraded, 20 years ago.
In another book read European stretching.
Is you have plenty of experience in stretching, you just worm up, then you stretch and then stop and tence you legs and relax stretch and tence again.
Do you recomend the book or the DvD? Im quite far from the ground at the moment because I usually just stretch every night but probably not in the right way like you show on the DvD and I really want to get my balls on the floor.
i have been doing martial arts for some years but was never that flexible ,so i decided to buy tom kurz dvd and i am amazed at how flexible i am getting from it this guy knows what he is talking about , whitin two months of following his programme i was doing the full front splits on my left and right leg even between the two chairs i am now following his methode and the fast resolts you get from this dvd is amazing
I fully back up what you have said. After doing Karate in the early nineties for 5 years I read his book. Two months later, I was doing the splits. It's not easy but you don't get results like this without a bit of work, I can fully recommend his book, which I still have.
Q: full side split is nothing but making 90 deg b/w torso & either legs right? Now, in half side split (as u shown on website for testing). With left side split, left leg makes 90 deg with torso. with right side split, rt leg makes 90 deg with torso. So, both legs are able to make 90 deg with torso without any trouble. Then why is it doing full split not as easy as this? What is the constraint in full side split? Is there any muscle/nerve that is controlling angle b/w two legs?
My kickboxing trainer told me it could be because when you execute plit stretching your muscles get contracted too. I've kicked higher before, and i've been stretching harder than before, it has no sense at all that my kicks get lower.
It makes perfect sense. As I wrote before, it is because of fatigue. You do more than your body can handle--likely because you do not follow the program as presented on the DVD.
how many stretching series a day would you recommend in order to get a full split? and how much time should it take to achieve it?, a day after stretching, without warming up my kicks seem to get lower than before, what's the reason for it to happen?
Sure, it'll work. If you have 10 years of a few hours a day to do it like he did. All these self-help things don't tell you that or they'd not sell 1 of them.
Actually after reading his book Im able to do splits with no warm up, it is IMO the best book for stretching, as for the DVD I dunno, I used the book as a guide for my own training.
I'm eagerly awaiting to receive the DVD. For decades I couldn't go all the the so now I'm giving this a try. One thing though...if I suffer from back problems, will this still prevent me from achieving these results?
"scientifically" only in the sense of maximising ROM resp. effectivness - application only under healthy circumstances! hip flexibility biased in the vid because its cool. did you know, that the muscle doesnt get really longer,rather its painpsychologically what happens. and what about titin? how broad mentioned.
nethertheless interesting book!!!! stretch your mind
DieMara72 1 month ago
In the 2003 edition read pages 1 and 2 and then the Chapter 7, "Sample Workout Plans."
ThomasKurz 1 month ago
Hi Tom, in your book Stretching Scientifically, you have several stretching exercises in one paragraph for a particular body part. Could I do one of the stretches only, or should I do all of it. I want to master the splits and horse stance in three months.
JourneyMonkey 1 month ago
Hi Tom. Is it safe for me to do the dynamic leg raises that are included in the early morning stretches even if I am not in good condition to perform the isometric exercises yet?
vockla 8 months ago
@vockla
As a rule, yes. Ask your doctor to see if you are an exception.
ThomasKurz 8 months ago
You say in your video that once I do 3 sets of 15 reps of bench back extensions with extra weight of 1/3 of my body weight I should be strong enough to start hip flexors exercises. I do not have that specific bench nor in the gym I go, but I do dead lift. Can you tell me the equivalent weight I should do in dead lift to be able to start with the hip flexors exercises on the mat?
vockla 9 months ago
@vockla
An equivalent of your body weight would be OK. But it may be unnecessary. Ponder this:
"Introduce leg raises on the floor into your strength training as soon as your abdomen and lower back are strong enough not to bother you during or after the leg raises."
ThomasKurz 9 months ago
I bought this video about 19 years ago!
"How to kick from cold" - sales pitch :)
JimTheNim 10 months ago
Does anyone actually have a fitness goal of having a hottie sit on your thighs when you are splitting between to chairs?
nestornegron 1 year ago 4
@nestornegron
I do now!!
tonystarkar8 9 months ago
@nestornegron Yes
MrSenorMorales 7 months ago
Mam kolejne pytanie do Pana , Panie Kurz:
Które cwiczenie jest lepsze w rozciaganiu do zejscia do szpagatu poprzecznego ??To które ukazuje Pan na płycie jako glowne cwiczenie izometryczne czy to drugie o ktorym Pan mowi ze w tym cwiczeniu mamy wieksza kontorole w rozciaganiu przywodzicieli obu ud??
berny12345 1 year ago
Mam jeszcze kilka pytan:
1.Jesli lewy przywodziciel jest wyraznie słabszy od prawego czy nalezy go wzmacniac poprzez czeste cwiczenia siłowe tj wypady w bok i w tył głownie na lewa strone??.
2. Czy w przywodzeniach uda stojac mozna stopniowo cały czas zwiekszac ciezar , czy jest jakas okreslona waga ciezaru ktora nie moze zostac przekroczona??
4.Czy lepsze efekty bedzie dawało dodanie po przywodzeniach uda stojac do Typowego planu robionego po poludniu takich cwiczen jak wypady i przysiady??
berny12345 1 year ago
@berny12345
Q: "If the adductors (inner thigh muscles) of the left thigh are significantly weaker than adductors of the right thigh, should they be strengthened by frequent exercises, such as side lunges and rear lunges done in a waythat loads mainly the left thigh?"
A: First you have to find the cause of the relative weakness of your left thigh and then treat it. If your hips are twisted, or nerve activation is off, then exercising more might hurt your left thigh rather than strenghten it.
ThomasKurz 1 year ago
@ThomasKurz I' understand:). Thank's you:)
berny12345 1 year ago
Panie Kurz, czy w przywodzeniach uda stojac mozna stopniowo zwiekszac ciezar?? czy jest okreslona waga ciezaru ktora nie moze zostac przekroczona??
berny12345 1 year ago
Panie Thomasie Kurz , mam do Pana kolejne pytanie: czy moj plan tygodniowy wyglądający następująco jest odpowiedni?? Poniedziałek:trening kickboxingu(technika) konczący sie izometrycznym rozciaganiem,Wtorek:cwiczenia siły i gibkości dla zaawansowanych z pana płyty,Środa :trening kickboxingu(sparingi),Czwartek:trening kickboxingu(technika),Piątek:trening kickboxingu(technika) konczacy sie izometrycznym rozciaganiem,Sobota: to samo co wtorek,Niedziela:wolne
berny12345 1 year ago
@berny12345
Jesli dobrze Panu robi to jest odpowiedni.
ThomasKurz 1 year ago
Hello, I am a practitioner of TaeKwonDo. When I was 15-16 years old only one and a half inch separates me from the floor on the side split. At the age of 19 I had to reduce my training hours, and now (23 years old) I can´t develop the same, but I feel its not a problem of flexibility, my left leg and left hip hurts. I have tried everything to gain strenght and flexibility and to reduce that pain, but its imposible!
Do you have a litle words of Help to me???
PS: Sorry for my English...
noeljarod 2 years ago
hi,
i bought the the book "stretching scientifically"..but i have some question:
-doing 30 min of aerobic endurance 4-5 hours before my workuout (tecnical or strenght) can reduce the effect of the isometric streching program?.
-doing aerobic training in the tecnical work-out and in the strenght work out day can reduce the isometric streching program?
-to use light weight circuit training as aerobic training can reduce the isometric streching program?
thanks
mauropappolla 2 years ago
Thomas, I'm curios, does the book go into depth about static-active flexibility?
sum182wrestling 2 years ago
Hi Mr .Thomas
I have your DVD and i started taekwondo recently ...with you methods i've noticed a great change in my flexibility but it is to cold in my country right now, and i dont see many improvement also its hard to workout even warmed up.
I have a question, have my front splits to both sides , but the sidesplit is a bit far, when i use isometrics it hurts a bit on my knees what i should do to fix this ????
NunoTrickz 2 years ago
Correct your position. Do it as shown on the DVD.
ThomasKurz 2 years ago
@NunoTrickz - You should see your doctor (or an applied kinesiologist) about this or a physical therapist. It's most likely because you lack of strength in the vastus medialis (a very important stabilizer of the knee). Trust me, I used to have the same kind of knee pain.
180Patrick360 1 year ago
after 36 years I can still develop the full opening of the legs and how long it would train every day? "I do not have anything right now because I'm well out of shape but I am very willing to re-train
agenteultrax 2 years ago
you can pass me some site with the most developed velhasque the stretch and how long it takes to achieve this result? thank you.
agenteultrax 2 years ago
then I'll learn to stretch it again, thanks for the support
agenteultrax 2 years ago
do you think I have chance to regain my stretching again? if your answer is yes then I'll practice.
agenteultrax 2 years ago
I have chance to regain my stretching even with this current age of 36 years?
agenteultrax 2 years ago
Why not? Older people got their splits by using my method. See them at STADION site.
ThomasKurz 2 years ago
hi sir thomas okay? have a question, I'm 36 years old and had to stretch 10 years ago if I use your method I come back to take the stretch thanks and excuse me I usor the translator of google because I am bad in English
pesquisar
agenteultrax 2 years ago
Why not?
ThomasKurz 2 years ago
oi sr thomas tudo bem?tenho uma pergunta,eu tenho 36 anos e tive alongamento a 10 anos atrás se eu usar o seu metodo eu volto a ter o alongamento obrigado e desculpe me eu usor o tradutor do google porque sou péssimo em inglês
agenteultrax 2 years ago
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agenteultrax 2 years ago
OSS
MasOyama10dan 2 years ago
Hi Thomas!
I have also 1 question. I am 18 years old and i started my first kung fu lesson yesterday. My teacher (he is my friend) told me that i have long legs and that my kicks are good. And he told me to learn to stretch my legs. So how has long do you learned to stretch like this?!
sry for my bad english
i am from germany
RoYaLVega 2 years ago
i have a few questions. Thank you greatly in advance.
I just purchased and read "Stretching Scientifically" it contained a great amount of insight into the human body that i hadn't possessed. I also purchased Aaron mattes "active isolated stretching" and read it. Both go books go well beyond my understanding.
My question is this, can active isolated stretching be incorporated into a system with isometric stretching? if so, how?
thanks for any insight
DrewIsFail 2 years ago
I don't see any need to do that. But one can combine these methods. You will know how when you have read my book.
The bottom line:
If you want Aaron Mattes' results, use his method. If you want my results, use mine.
ThomasKurz 2 years ago
Tom, I have your DVD and I have 2 questions. Is it necessary to warm-up before the early morning stretches? My other question is this: I started taekwondo but I quit because I felt a little but deep pain in groins. Some practitioners and even instructors told me it is normal and they live with that pain, but I think they are wrong. Is it normal to have this soreness everytime you elongate adductors or throw a kick? Should I quit early morning stretches until I heal this pain?
vockla 2 years ago
No, it is not normal to have this soreness everytime. Haven't I said so much on the DVD and in the book?
About the pain/injury: See advice at Stadion forum, for example, in Chronic Injuries.
ThomasKurz 2 years ago
i just oreder your DVD. how fast the results might come? 90 days 120?
franzmaurerusa 2 years ago
Or maybe 60 . . .
It depends on how fit you are and how exactly you follow instructions.
See what others say at STADION site.
ThomasKurz 2 years ago
what about stretches for starters?
drunkinlee14 3 years ago
is this a jok€!!?? look at his l€gs... th€y ar€ totally wrong tust€d wh€n h€ do Scuart and split... hahahah looks lik€ h€ wants to br€ak his l€gs hahahah also wh€n th€ lady is siting in his kn€€ :S thats insan€... th€y ar€ not prof€ssionals... sorry...
Tavopicazo 3 years ago
If he never tried this before, maybe. He is one of the foremost experts on this stuff, so try and dispute him.
Those are not squats, those are split progressions. The range of motion increases and more important isometric strength increases which stops yyour knees from breaking.
The thing with the woman is a publicity stunt. But in fact he can pull it off because he is strong enough. Are you? ;)
Shaolos 3 years ago
Nossa...Homem Elastico !!!
NessaCarolini 3 years ago
good
laithalgnipe 3 years ago
Wow! Great demo!
lrockwood 3 years ago
I read about you in a Karate Illustraded, 20 years ago.
In another book read European stretching.
Is you have plenty of experience in stretching, you just worm up, then you stretch and then stop and tence you legs and relax stretch and tence again.
It works right away !!!!!!
Thank You
konli 3 years ago
cool he is good
timskater86 3 years ago
Where I can buy this DvD
Realista58 3 years ago 2
Look up and to the right. See the URL?
ThomasKurz 3 years ago
Do you recomend the book or the DvD? Im quite far from the ground at the moment because I usually just stretch every night but probably not in the right way like you show on the DvD and I really want to get my balls on the floor.
Bogorosmerenylo 2 years ago
Either one will do. To see which suits you better read info at STADION COM.
ThomasKurz 2 years ago
OK thanx a lot!!
Bogorosmerenylo 2 years ago
I ordered your book and it should be here in a couple of days. Can you do more than 180 degree splits and if so how far is it possible to stretch?
Bogorosmerenylo 2 years ago
As far as your anatomy permits.
ThomasKurz 2 years ago
How many degrees can you do?
Bogorosmerenylo 2 years ago
Look at Rhythmic gymnasts.. look how flexible they are then your'll know how flexible your body can get.
ProDancer6 2 years ago
i have been doing martial arts for some years but was never that flexible ,so i decided to buy tom kurz dvd and i am amazed at how flexible i am getting from it this guy knows what he is talking about , whitin two months of following his programme i was doing the full front splits on my left and right leg even between the two chairs i am now following his methode and the fast resolts you get from this dvd is amazing
thanks tom
your the man
jas
jasonross2001 4 years ago
I fully back up what you have said. After doing Karate in the early nineties for 5 years I read his book. Two months later, I was doing the splits. It's not easy but you don't get results like this without a bit of work, I can fully recommend his book, which I still have.
56yqc 4 years ago
ok can a 14 year male do the splits and how long?
bezerka 4 years ago
yeah. any age can do the splits. you would just have to stretch A LOT
hypercheerlderxo333 4 years ago
You have to stretch A LOT only if you don't know how to train right.
ThomasKurz 4 years ago
Q: full side split is nothing but making 90 deg b/w torso & either legs right? Now, in half side split (as u shown on website for testing). With left side split, left leg makes 90 deg with torso. with right side split, rt leg makes 90 deg with torso. So, both legs are able to make 90 deg with torso without any trouble. Then why is it doing full split not as easy as this? What is the constraint in full side split? Is there any muscle/nerve that is controlling angle b/w two legs?
kishorekumarbairi 3 years ago
The DVD answers those questions and shows how to deal with this problem.
ThomasKurz 3 years ago
How do I know if I have achieved all of my potential for flexibility/mobility?
Apjooz 4 years ago
> a day after stretching, my kicks seem to
> get lower than before, what's the reason?
My kickboxing trainer told me it could be because when you execute plit stretching your muscles get contracted too. I've kicked higher before, and i've been stretching harder than before, it has no sense at all that my kicks get lower.
Amkarko 4 years ago
It makes perfect sense. As I wrote before, it is because of fatigue. You do more than your body can handle--likely because you do not follow the program as presented on the DVD.
ThomasKurz 4 years ago
how many stretching series a day would you recommend in order to get a full split? and how much time should it take to achieve it?, a day after stretching, without warming up my kicks seem to get lower than before, what's the reason for it to happen?
Amkarko 4 years ago
> how many stretching series a day in order
> to get a full split?
One every other day, up to three series of tensions per session.
> how much time should it take to achieve it?
For people in good shape it takes about two months or less.
> a day after stretching, my kicks seem to
> get lower than before, what's the reason?
Fatigue--either because of being in poor shape or from not following the program as presented on the DVD.
ThomasKurz 4 years ago
Sure, it'll work. If you have 10 years of a few hours a day to do it like he did. All these self-help things don't tell you that or they'd not sell 1 of them.
professorgreibowitz 4 years ago
Actually after reading his book Im able to do splits with no warm up, it is IMO the best book for stretching, as for the DVD I dunno, I used the book as a guide for my own training.
Flashlegz 4 years ago
Ive been in martial arts now for about 18 yrs. ive always been flexable but this is a good video Mr.kurz has done a great job
madmax643 4 years ago
I'm eagerly awaiting to receive the DVD. For decades I couldn't go all the the so now I'm giving this a try. One thing though...if I suffer from back problems, will this still prevent me from achieving these results?
palacio154 4 years ago
First strengthen your back. See how on the DVD, or read my articles at STRETCHING DOT INFO.
ThomasKurz 4 years ago
hi
I'm interested - did you buy the DVD and what level of results did you attain?
Thanks
nigelallen1 3 years ago
I'm gonna check this out. I'm trying to improve my flexibility. So far, not much improvement...or none at all.
VanL4m 4 years ago
Ouch.. Ouch.. oh that hurts.. Ouch..ooo.. ohh.. I think I hurt something.. OUUch.. ooh.. elp
tkdgirl49 4 years ago 2
But only if you don't know how to train. You are imagining things. Don't judge others by your standards.
ThomasKurz 4 years ago
This is my next purchase. I can't wait!
kungfuman82 4 years ago
Can you tell me how to learn to do a split.
racqy89 4 years ago
I already did, on the DVD Secrets of Stretchig.
ThomasKurz 4 years ago
I got to get this dvd soon. Awesome trailer kurz.
backyardtricks 5 years ago