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  • I'm a dancer and I'm always not close at all to the splits but now I'm doing this everyday and now I'm a lot closer! Thanks!

  • How long do u need for each stretch

  • @eleanorfan12 because you need to stretch every time Before you do the splits

  • That was awesome. Were you always able to be that flexible? I am trying to go back to the flexibility I had when I was younger and is BRUUUUTAL.. thanks for sharing!

    AGM

  • so flexible.. sometimes wen I prctice the splits for martial arts, it hurts..

  • thanks

    

  • okay i loved the video!!!! today i will start doing that 30 min a day and i got the splits :)

  • im 13 and i really wanna get splits so i can join the school gymnastics :L how long will it take me to get them if i do this everday and others too ?

  • are you able to still do the spilts if you cant touch your toes, because im about 5cm-8cm away. and do you have to be flexible to be able to do the splits?

  • i cant touch my toes though! :L

  • how long do you hold for? like do you count to 10 or a diffrent number?

  • it took me 3 weeks for me to get my splits

  • how long did it take you to get all three of your splits?

  • @L0VEpink77 seriously? 3 times a day for 3 weeks and got ur splits? but isn't it painful? i thought it's not advisable over do it? by the way, were you flexible by nature?

  • hey thanks so much! this will totally help me in pom tryouts.... i know a lot of the other girls trying out cant do middle splits, so maybe ill stand out!! (im only six inches away!! :D)

    thanks again!!!!

  • last night i stretched for an hour and did the splits and now i cant do it. what happened!?

  • i bet your toetouches are awsome! lol

  • thats a good idea at the end with the weights :)

    im gonna do what L0Vepink77 did cause i need to get my splits for cheer. :)

  • @dkekecarcar pls do tell me if u get ur splits. and gd luck with it. i'm going to try out mine too *ouch*

  • my only probelm with this video is at the end in your straddle, you let your feet turn in. never do that!!!!

  • another tip to get your splits is always keeping your leg muscles warm. the colder they get, the tighter they will be. never attempt splits right away, its not good for you and wont help, always stretch first. hope it helps :)

  • I saw a great result, I'll post a video soon!

  • @stylchick174. Everyone gets flexiable differently(: it took me a while to get mine too! But just work everysingle day and it will improve a lot!(:

  • Holy poop!!! You're like a ninja!:D haha you make me wanna learn the splits even more:)

  • Do you have any tips on how to get your back leg straighter?

  • I did this 4 times in 1 day and got the splits in 45 mins

  • @iMusely really???!!!!! its taking me FOREVER!

    mayby im not doing it right...... :L :L :L

  • Thank you so much! Trying to become more flexible for TKD. >.<;

  • lol i like this :D

  • how long does it take? :O

  • i've been doing these stretches twice a day for a few days now and im noticing that each time i've improved. :D

  • It's work!! :D It's really helpful! Thanks! :D

  • i love love this this is helping me a lot

  • Hi, how do you manage to get the back leg straight? I thought I had a breakthrough with my front leg getting a lot lower, but the back leg is still bent...my back thigh is almost perpendicular to the calve and floor. I just can't get it to straighten, the knee seems locked in place. Is this a natural part of the process that you went through, and I just have to keep trying and it'll straighten itself? Or is there something wrong with the technique I'm using to try to get into the postion?

  • Oh thanks!

  • Thanks im really trying to get my splits

  • @ProudBudgieOwner2 That's mean. You're the fat one.

  • @blahblahlikespie If i'm fat, she's obese

  • @ProudBudgieOwner2 obese...? (hey im in 6th dont make me learn LOL)

  • this tutorial has not helped me. all i can do now is touch my toes better. i suck :(

  • @parnz2 i did competitive artistic gymnastics for about 5 years and i never came down :( you can't fight against your genes...i had this sad realization already when i was a young child.

    so when i was sad that i don't can do the split i said to myself : you cant't do the split, but you have above-average pretty hair ;)

  • another thing to do that helps, is that when you are done with a strech( a toe touch or etc.) if you wiggle or shake you leg a little it will help loosen it up more

  • I need to be able to splits for taekwondo, and atm it REALLY hurts. But i'll keep trying and get back to you to see how it works out.

  • will this work 4 men aswell?

  • sexy ass

  • I think that helps so much. I have been stretching before I saw this, but these stretches are more affective. Thank you. I am so close with the right splits, and not that far from the left and middle splits. Not too sure about the over-splits, but I thought you were amazing. Congrats.

  • @L0pink 77 Great! :D Thank you sooo much! That answers all of my questions perfectly. I will be careful not to go too fast. That's amazing that you got it down in 3 weeks! It might take me longer, i don't know, but I'll give it my best shot. Sorry for bugging ya. Once again thank you!

  • @L0VEpink77 Wow, a year ago! I was wondering if I had to warm up, like jump rope or jogging FOR the stretches. Some ppl say that you have to warm up for the stretches and some say u don't have to. Did you? Should i warm up for the stretches? Sorry for not being clear in the beginning. Thank you for replying before. Please write back. Thank you. :D

  • @L0VEpink77 That's amazing! I have a few questions for ya. Is it necessary to warm up before the stretches? Some ppl say that it's necessary, and some ppl say that it isn't necessary. What should i do?

  • Ok, I have it written down and I'm going to do exactly what you do/did every day. I will let you know how it went in a few weeks. Thank you sooo much for making this video! I have been searching every where for days online and there was nothing as good as this! Very easy to follow. I will give it my best! Thank you. ;D

  • YOU GOT A ICE ASS WHEN YOU BEND OVER LIKE A HEART :)

  • the way you move around is so cuteeeeeeeeeeee!!! and maintain your stretches always... when you get this make sure to ADD ME K!!!! AS I WILL TOO!!!

  • I do yoga, and we do the same stretch as you do at the end, but with the back leg extended. I was wondering if I can do that, or if the stretch in this video is better for splits..

  • this sucks for me cuz i have very long legs and short arms ( Im 5 ft 2 in and My Feet are 3 ft and My arms are 2 ft, I CANT REACH MY TOES!!!!!!!!!!!!! :( *tear*

  • @CaseyMM12 well, if you stretch enough you can...your torso adds the other foot to get to your toes...

  • nice. thanks but maybe u should say when to switch each time. It's hard to keep up.

  • Even if when i am in a butterfly and my knees are way high, can i still do get the splits?

  • i really wanna learn the splits!!

    did you stretch everyday?

    and did yousay you never warmed up befor?

  • omg this helps so much...i love it...it so great that i put it on everyday to practice my splits...haha...thanx!

  • I started stretching only a week ago or so but I can already see some results! Thanks very much! Your video is truly the only one yet on youtube that taught me anything! Thanks!

  • apparently its bad for girls to do the side splits - is that true? because i really want to learn them but im scared i'll break something trying to. i can do the left splits, and im almost there with my right splits. its just the side splits. any more tips on how to safely stretch to get them? thanks.

  • I almost got my left splits and right splits and middle splits almost down packed not using this video! :D

    I started stretching today and my kicks are higher and i go to a dance academy! So combining my stretches their stretches and your stretches i should be able to do all splits! :D

    Can't wait to try your stretches and many other peoples i stretched twice today so yayy!

  • when u i was doing a straddle it felt so good loland hurts

  • how long did you hold your splits for to get it in 5 weeks?

  • ok 2:24 was very impressive but how the hell am I supposed to this when I'm building my flexibility?how should I do this until my legs open as wide as yours?

  • I'm going to do these everyday (twice over) and see how long it takes. Hopefully I'll beat my two best friends (we're having a competition!)

  • the stretches are good but you don't actually do them in the video

    you do it in demonstration but your actually stretching people get bored

    watching you stretch

    just some friendly advice and your very flexible! :)

  • iam like realy tall can i still do splits or no ?=]

  • @dscjuke21

    Hi. I'm also really tall also and if you just stretch A LOT you'll get it.

    In my opinion I think it's harder for tall people to do splits unless you're born flexible but you can do it! :D

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  • what to do before starting stretches? My summer break goal (starting TOMORROW! im so excited O_O! this summer im going from pre-alpha level to alpha ^_^ so proud of myself!!) is to get my splits!! should I warm up by jump roping?

  • wow no wonder sasha cohen streches for 30 minutes a day! Putting both your stretching videos together it is about 30 min. I can't do that much on the ice yet but i wanna be prepared for when i can. I'm gonna do this everyday! Thanks!

  • hi m a boy and those r realy mean iv just started doing stretches so at the moment m no were. but i like wat u do and m gona follow u . btw did anyone tell that ur hot a bit . sry if iv ofended u but wat i ment was u r beautiful.

  • how do u warm up?

  • hey folks, im a guy, and I want to be able to do the splits, to aid in my kung fu. tips tricks, and advice....please PM me with it

  • Hey, so i am a dancer and past the christmas i wasnt strecthing at all !

    so my splits became really bad... but its like i almost have them again ? but how long go you think that i will have to strectheveryday for about an hour to get the perfectly ?

    Sorry, my bad english ! (:

  • Thanks so much ! I'm going to move to a new school soon and im thinking of joining their cheerleading squad !

  • hi!!! really useful!!

    but I have a question...Im a total beginner...I mean...for real... lol

    and I wanted to know...how long does it take to get the splits or become pretty flexible...lets say stretching everyday....just to have an idea...thank you!! :D

  • I got all my splits in 1 week lol that was like a weeek or to ago

  • Please tell me LOVEpink77

    u done in your split in only 3 weeks?

  • for the 4:25 part your supposed to put your back leg straight back and keep the bent one bent how she has it but just the back one back! STAIGHT! thats how our dance teacher taught us! youll feel it!

  • just wondering, how does that part at 4:10 help? i tryed it and i dint feel any pain on eather side and i got my noes to the ground right away. am i doing something wrong???!!!!! and how many times a day/ week did u do this?

  • in my school, we do that too... and yeah, i don't feel anything so i really don't know how it helps either, but it must have some kind of effect :)

  • i hope these stretches work...cuz im trying 2 get my side split and do a better middle split!

  • i need the splits i got my backhandspring and backflip but i just ne a split i hope this works

  • I used to have my side splits, but I've never been able to get my middle split closer to the ground than three inches. I'm trying to get back all the flexibility I had when I was in gymnastics years ago.

  • same with me i did cheer for 3 years i stoped and stoped doing spilts and stuff so im trying to get it back =]

  • I'm 11 too

  • i will try i really need the splits im 11 and i just joined gymnastics so i hope this helps

  • My school drill team tryouts are coming up and i was just wondering how long it toook you to do it and how much i should stretch each day?

  • OMG did this in 3 days..I can do middle, and side splits :D thank-you, thank-you, THANKYOU!! :D

  • @kmlfairygirl, Yes but were you flexible before? or you were one of those girls who weren't flexible AT ALL (like me =P)

    'cuz i really want splits (i need them for ice skating!)

  • I was already flexible..but I couldn't do splits that great.

  • Laura, i did these last year and i got my splits within 3 weeks. :D. I took a ltitle skating break and lost my splits but ive started up stretching again and i got them back! :D

  • did you stretch every night?

    and did this help with your spirals and heel stretches?

  • uhhhhhm .. i loooooooooove uur side splitz .. but im just saaaying those aren't the straddles . but , looooove the rest ! :]

  • very helpful :D

  • its only been a day and i feel results already!

  • most of these stretches you need to be able to do the splits anyway :( it didnt really help.....

  • @kadcs Actually, those are the stretches that will help get to the splits if you do them often and long enough.

  • @kadcs even if u can't stretch to the extent she can, still do them :)

    I was not flexible AT ALL, then i started doing those stretches in cheer leading n eventually could do the splits!

  • How long do you stretch per day? Thanks!

  • Very nice video. Could you please tell me how long you took each day to do your stretches? For example 30 minutes a day, or 1 hour a day, or more?

  • Thanks! These are great for lunging in fencing!

  • hey this helped me, i've gotten better already, but far from what i want still. Thank you so much!!! I get my first results :)

  • it could really help me to get my

    MiddleSplit

    because imma need that for ballet, and of course

    my side splits i almost have except for my left leg

    but if you could post mor tips for stretching

    then that would be very helpful

  • its the not quanity of the stretch, its the quality (well part is quanity :P) but hold the stretch for atleast a minute. no less then 30 seconds or it will not do anything. warm up for atleast 5 minutes before hand - the stretches will feel better and be more effective. stretch every day for half an hour and you will have it in a couple of months ;)

  • I held my stretches for 15 seconds each, never warmed up and got my splits in about 5 weeks :) and this is coming from the girl who couldn't touch her toes before.

  • and you did all these stretches?

  • Well there's the muscle's potential, the muscle (or tendon, or ligament)'s base flexibility and the muscle's growth speed. So she probably had the potential and the growth speed.

  • 5 weeks?...I'm going to start streching right now!, but really that's impressive!!

    i hope to be as flexible as you are....Err...Someday! lol :)

  • @Emma7639 I'm gonna use these. [: I'm trying out for the dance team and we have to be able to go down as far as possible so I wanna learn them. [: Thanks a bunch. :D

  • @Emma7639 How often did you do the stretches per week? I wish my flexibility came as fast as yours did :) Congrats on the splits!

  • @Emma7639 People have a different level of flexibility. You could have been born with naturally flexibility.

  • @Emma7639 Thank you for the motivation ;)

  • hello (:

    just wondering how long does it usually take to get a split for someones who's barely beggining? and do you have to stretch everyday to gain that flexibility?

  • Depending on how often you stretch, at least 3-5 times a week, the improvements you see in your flexibility will vary. But you should be stretching before and after every workout, to prevent injury. While you do not need to necessarily stretch everyday, flexibility is like muscle tone, if you don't use it regularly, in this case stretching, you'll lose it.

  • how long did it take for you to get down there?

  • Wow :0 iimmmppressive =) i've deff got that extra bit further now thank-you :)

    i liked how you held the streches so i could do it along with you =)

    great ;D

  • how long did it take u too get that flexible?

  • ok so i would love to be more flexible but im do a bunch of sports so what should i do to become more flexible

  • If you're very busy with sports and such, I would suggest starting a simple stretching program like this one and do it everyday before you go to bed or when you wake up, but make sure to warm up your muscles first by doing jumping jacks or something to get the blood flowing. Also, stretching is a very important part in injury prevention so you could and should stretch before and after practices and games.

  • bananas contain potassium, which helps stop cramping. I eat one banana before i do a big strech workout, and it helps soo much.

  • never i'll did =/

  • everytime i get into my left splits, my feet cramp up REEAALL bad. Why is this happening?

  • i had the same prob drink some orange jucie it helps and if it starts to crap up again rub it where it hurts and DRINK A LOT OF ORANGE JUCIE till the prob it doesent hurt that bad anymore and after u do that it will not be so much turst me good luck

  • That happens to me all the time and i still can do the splits. Did u get over it yet?

  • yeah kindaaa.

    its not as bad anymore

    i just keep doing them everyday

    but its still crampy wth!

  • how long does it take to get the splits? cause im tring to beat my friend in a dance contest doing the splits how long would this take????

  • ya have stretch them everyday for atleast 2 months or something like that

  • wow your freaky but very flexible! Im trying to do it but my thys keep on cramping!!

  • you need to just take the pain till you get used to it

  • Drink water and eat bananas! I kept on getting foot cramps, and yes, my thighs too, but bananas give u protein. and apparently, its the type of protein that helps u.. not cramp! :)

  • wow, your really flexible :D

    i wish i was that flexible ;P

    Are You In Gymnastics?

  • I finally got my right side split down, thanks very much as these videos definitely helped! For my left side I am still about 2 inches from the ground but it seems to get easier..so i should have it by fall. I'm still not close to the center splits though...but getting the right split is definitely encouraging and shows it CAN happen. :D I'm a skater too, I am in FS 3 and will be testing adult pre-bronze moves and freestyle this fall.

  • And use the HQ or HD features.

    Please

  • y u say sit closer to the camera babe?

  • how long yu take 2 get ure splits n tht flexible n wit how much stretchin?

    im learning!=] :P

    please reply

  • dang can u do pancakes

  • it took me almost a year to be able to do the splits. i play hockey so it came in good use so i didn't pull anything.

  • at the beginning, you have bent knees, is this what its supposed to be like?

    because i have been cheering for about 4-5years and i was told straight knees are deffo best when just stretching overall..

    so if ur doing them JUST for splits is it best to bend? x

  • It depends on what you're trying to stretch but if you're trying to stretch your splits... Bent knees will stretch your legs less.

  • How long did it take you to get your splits using your exercises? How flexible were you before hand? Great stretches! I'm going to try the one I haven't been doing and see if that helps any!

  • umm well i like to dance and i think that if there is an easier way because i am not flexible whatsoever

  • another way is to elevate your front leg while you stretch them but i would] be careful not to overdo this stretch but it will help and you should do do this AFTER all of your other streches =]

  • Tar For the Time :D

  • umm haow long would u say u should hold them stretches for ?

    i really need to learn how to do splits for my dancing and iam just not flexible if u have any other advise plz tell mehh ,

    tarr

  • you hold your stretches for 20 seconds AT LEAST

  • I looked online forever for the right stretchesthat will help get the splits and this has given the best results! Luv ya!

  • thanks! I'm trying to get the splits, and this should help!

  • wow thts amazing, how long did it take u to get all 3 splits?

  • I noticed you were doing basic butterflies, but you are flexible enough that you should be doing advanced. (instead of putting your heals together, just put the balls of your feet together and push your heals apart.)

  • i think she did it like that cos its for people who arnt flexible and thank you sooooo much ive been doing basic butterfly n couldnt feel a thing even when i had my feet as close as possible with my knees on the ground and my little sister sitting on my back finally i can feel it

  • Wow! This is exactly what I needed! Thanks for posting!

  • about how long did it take you to get that far in the splits? I can do the right leg and really need to get the other two down before a dance camp this summer...

  • now i can do the split your excersizes do help thx!!!:*

  • thank you ! :[] i feel like i'm never going to get them because as soon as i start to slide slowly..my knee starts to bend..i can't keep my legs straight and I hate that

  • i feel the burn after i do them guess it is because i am not used to streaching

  • ouch that seems like a painful process.... what if i'm sore the next day will that injure my muscles? should i skip a day and then do it the next day..like do it one day..then not the next..then do it again..then not the next..?

  • what can you use if you dont have weights

  • i use pillows chairs just dont use anything with liquid in it e.g lucazade bottles very messy

  • lol what the heck

    random

  • how long should you do each stretch for or how many reps

  • im in drill team we had to strech every day and stuff it took about 2 months for every one to be able to do the splits at first it hurts but you'll get use to it

  • omg ouuch..lol...

  • is 2 months more than enough?? i'm starting today ... May 21 and school starts August 25 .. but i wana be able to do them before this time ...would i be able to ?

  • perfect and clean!!