Turnout/Extension Straddle Exercise

[MusicIsMyWorld36]

will this help if your attempting to do a tilt?

[gotgruvs]

@MusicIsMyWorld36 yes it does. a tilt is like standing in straddle..good practice.

[gamgeegirl87]

That doesn't stretch your hip flexors, it stretches your inner thighs.

[niamhkellyable]

we do them at dancing too :O wat a coincydink..

[Smileyzalot]

When I was in 3rd grade I had my center splits, now (entering high school in drill team) I don't have ANY splits...so I gotta get stretchin' :D

[mileyemily2310]

we have to do these at dance and they're so painful lol

[sporknfoon2]

these really do work,,,

my teacher'll be yelling at us BEAT BEAT SECOND! whoo man it's killer but it helps. =]

[shorv3]

thats not normal lol

[spencer7812]

this is one of my favorite stretches!! (:

[brwnhoney]

im sure this is a good excersize to help with turn out, but it assumes that you already that flexible and i unfortunately am not lol

[silkmint]

@brwnhoney You don't have to be flexible really. We do this in ballet class and if your not flexible you just throw your legs apart and you don't hold it with your hands. Then eventually you will get flexible enough to hold it down with your hands. :)

[ptowndncr94]

omg we do these in dance they're killer after a while

[xladym]

we do these in dance class for colorguard

[LVdancerbabe]

I hate these, they hurt, and do nothing for me. They do not help me and only make things worse and cause me pain.

[o0Timtam0o]

If they cause you pain that means they are streching you however if it is more than muscle pain stop immediately! Maybe you are not doing them correctly?

[LVdancerbabe]

No, it's not from a stretch, I'd feel that. I think they are just doing more harm than good, they are inefficient for me. Perhaps It's just the anatomy of my body in particular. That's all.

[4dancingal]

they are uncomfortable for me to do too, but we do them in technique classes where i dance, and it helps if i stretch my legs out really well before i do these.

[fleurthefrenchcat]

agree with you on this, not a good excercise unless you have good flexibility and control in the hips. This would kill my back though if I did it.

[mariLUVSdance]

i love doing these because they really help! but everytime i do them i stop because it seems as if i might tear somthing you know?

[dAnCeRx09x]

we do these in my dance school. :) they really help.

[DancerChickies]

We do this stretch except we have to have our legs to the ground when we do it. It stretches really good but it kind of hurts.

[comeontheremustbeone]

yeah you should be careful with the immediate dropping of your legs like that, you should definitely be warm and control the motion

[jenniferan95]

do these exercises actually work? i want 2 know tht b4 trying it because i dont wanna end up wasting time if it doesnt.

[4dancingal]

they work if you dont drop your legs to fast, or try to push yourself too far (just far enough), but you should stretch your legs well before trying these, it makes it much less uncomfortable.

[danceylover]

YES!

[kellyyy95]

does anyone else get the feeling the lady talking has a cold?

[danceylover]

YES! ME! I have been searching for a comment like yours that I could agree on! :D!

[shoulderfreckles]

I thought it was cute lol.

[TooCanadian]

@kellyyy95 roflmao, she so does.

[Katsplat9]

@kellyyy95  yes!!

[musescrytears]

Better be warm first! dropping your legs open that fast, when your hips are not properly prepaired can cause muscule damage!!!!!

[ilovejonasbrothers63]

that looks kinda painful!

[dvm9er]

make sure you warm up before you pop your legs open like that... they really shoudl have mentioned that so you woudln't hurt yourself

[xxxizzie]

I find it you use the "clams" stretch it really helps ballet turn out.

x

[iLoV3toDance]

i improved my straddle by laying on my back, butt against the wall and my legs out in second. just dangling there. gravity pulls your legs down, its amazing. for like 5 mins everyday

[FessdapFrisc]

I do that but i'm worried that it's not good for your muscles to hold it for that long.

[mll027]

lol i forgot i posted this well...sorry guys didnt mean any offense

[balletkido]

lol yea!

[ally123xox3]

this is an amazing exercise

thanks<3

[samisuexoxo]

thanks for the video!! i hope this will help me better my center splits. i very flexible, the only thing i can't down is those darn center splits!!

[mll027]

duh

[macballa13]

love your videos. so educational!!

[lolitakitten]

Great exercise. She's quite flexible.

[dcmaniac]

Thankyou sooo much, I used to do this against the wall but i wasn't sure if it was a right stretch lol but now i know it is

[karsy090105]

Thanks for the vid... It would reall help me...

[dancegirl0417]

really great thank you

[lovingellesse]

thanks

[xXdancerforeverXx]

good excercise and stretch. thanks