Joecooke007 Posted January 25, 2002 Posted January 25, 2002 ok I've seen advertisements for these funky leg stretcher things that you sit in and they stretch your legs for you. What's the deal with these? Do they hurt? Would you recomend them? Just wondering. Boards don't hit back. -Bruce Lee
SaiFightsMS Posted January 26, 2002 Posted January 26, 2002 Joe, personally I have never used on or felt the need to. Take a look at the thread on splits and see if any of the links others have put in there help you out any.
kicker Posted January 26, 2002 Posted January 26, 2002 well i think those things half the time work good i think there a waste of money inless you have no other choice but to try it cause you really need to use it. when you do your best it`s going to show. "If you watch the pros, You will learn something new"
KickChick Posted January 26, 2002 Posted January 26, 2002 Suggest you take Sai's advice and check out all the stretching posts. We had one of those stretchers at the school a long time ago...one time I got stuck in it (meaning I couldn't release the tension on it ) and another time it leaked fluid all over the dojo floor (hydrolic fluid or lubricating fluid not sure really). Just like those ab machines ... just a freakin waste of $$$ nothing can take the place of human intervention!
KickChick Posted January 26, 2002 Posted January 26, 2002 You know Joe .... actually you can try taking two wavemasters if you have them at your school/club and stadle your legs apart having the each wavemaster in front of each shin/ankle and just keep stretching your legs apart. The weight of both the bags gives you a good resistance to work the stretch. Anyway you can add resistance will work the stretch and really that is the whole gimmick behind those costly devices.!!
Bon Posted January 28, 2002 Posted January 28, 2002 (edited) ::edit:: Edited September 29, 2002 by Bon It takes sacrifice to be the best.There are always two choices, two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy.
KickChick Posted January 28, 2002 Posted January 28, 2002 Yes correct Bon ...standing kicking bags with the weighted bottoms. Sitting on floor ... legs out to a "V" ... bag along each inside portion of leg, then either "scooch" forward into stretch or have someone move each bag closer to you/
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